Calcutta High CourtWPA/1021/2026disposed

Nupur Paul v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

2026-04-22Hon'Ble Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra3 pages

22.04.2026 sdas WPA 1021 of 2026 Nupur Paul Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury Ms. Shreyeta Mitra Ms. Pritha Biswas Ms. Upasana Sarkar .... for the petitioner Mr. Prabir Kumar Ray ..... for the State Dr. Sutanu Kumar Patra Ms. Supriya Dubey .... for the WBCSSC Mr. Kunal Ganguly .... for the WBBSE

1. Let affidavit-of-service, as filed in Court, be kept on record.

2. In spite of service, none appears on behalf of the school authorities.

3. The petitioner's application for transfer on self medical ground is pending consideration at the end of the concerned District Inspector of Schools (S.E.) since 2022.

4. The instant writ petition stands disposed of by directing the District Inspector of Schools to take necessary steps to consider the application for

transfer made by the petitioner in accordance with law at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order.

5. If the report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health certifies in favour of the petitioner, then immediate steps shall be taken by the District Inspector of Schools to forward the application of the petitioner to the West Bengal Central School Service Commission for taking consequential steps in the matter in accordance with law at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of all documents from the District Inspector of Schools.

6. The fate of the petitioner's application shall be made known to the petitioner immediately thereafter.

7. The suspension of 'Utsashree Portal' will not be an impediment for the concerned authority to consider the application for transfer of the petitioner. The same shall be considered in an offline mode.

8. With the aforestated directions, the writ petition is, thus, disposed of.

9. There shall, however, be no order as to costs.

10. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties on usual undertaking.

(Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)