Rakesh Pal v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

25.03.2026 sdas WPA 2700 of 2026 Rakesh Pal Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury Ms. Shreyeta Mitra Ms. Pritha Biswas Ms. Upasana Sarkar .... for the petitioner Mr. Sourav Mitra .... for the SSC

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

2. In spite of service, there is no representation on behalf of the school authorities.

3. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher. He has applied for transfer from the school, for which the school had duly issued 'No Objection Certificate' (NOC).

4. The transfer was sought on the medical ground of the spouse of the petitioner. The spouse has also gone through the two-tier medical examination, first by the school and then by the concerned District Inspector of Schools(S.E.)

5. The respondent no. 4 had thereafter forwarded his recommendation to the respondent no.

sometime in 2022.

6. It appears from the record that the respondent no. 3 has not disposed of such application which is pending since 2022.

7. The respondent no. 3 or the concerned authority of the Commission is directed to consider and dispose of the application of the petitioner by 30.04.2026, subject to availability of the vacancy.

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

10. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. 11.Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties on usual undertaking.

(Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)