Sunirmal Murmu v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

19/03 In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction AD-12/24 Appellate Side 266312 NANDY WPA 1357 of 2026 (CO-DO) SUNIRMAL MURMU Vs.

THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & Ors.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, Advocate Ms. Shreyeta Mitra, Advocate Ms. Pritha Biswas, Advocate Ms. Upasana Sarkar, Advocate ......for the Petitioner Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy, Advocate ......for the WBSSC Mr. Kapil Guha, Advocate ......for the State

1. Affidavit of service, as filed, be kept with the record.

2. In spite of service, the School Authority is not represented.

3. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher in Physical Eduction at Gandhi Seva Sangha Buniyadi Madhyamik Vidyalaya, North 24-Parganas.

4. The petitioner has made an application for transfer on own seeking on distance ground.

5. The said application is pending.

6. The respondent no. 6 is directed to consider such application and if satisfied, shall issue the requisite 'No Objection Certificate' and forward the same to the respondent no. 5 by 15.04.2026.

7. If the application is allowed, the School Authority will take all consequential steps to expedite the matter.

8. 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.

9. With these observations, WPA 1357 of 2026 is disposed of. No order as to costs.

(Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)

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