Soumen Das And ANR. v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS.
20.02.2025 Item No.09 Court No.19 SK
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION W.P.A. 2988 of 2025 < Soumen Das & Anr.
-Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Santanu Maji.
.....for the petitioners.
Mr. Anand Farmania, Mr. Soumen Chatterjee ... for the State.
Mr. Bhaskar Prasad Vaisya, Mr. Gourav Das.
....for the D.P.S.C., 24-Parganas (South).
Mr. Ratul Biswas ...for the DPSC, Howrah.
Mr. Kaushik Chowdhury.
....for the WBBPE.
Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioners be kept with the record.
The petitioners are confirmed Assistant Teachers of two primary schools of two different districts, they are praying inter-district mutual transfer.
The petitioner no. 1 is a teacher of Ramchandra Nagar Uttar F. P. School under Kakdwip Circle of the D.P.S.C., 24-Parganas (South), the respondent no. 5 herein whereas the petitioner no. 2 is a teacher of Malia Primary School under Bagnan North Circle of the D.P.S.C., Howrah, the respondent no. 7 herein.
The representations of the petitioners to the said effect are pending consideration before the Chairman of their respective District Primary School Councils.
The said Councils shall form their opinions on the said representations within a period of two weeks from date and shall then, send the same to the West Bengal Board of Primary Education for consideration of the prayer of the petitioners for mutual transfer in accordance with law.
The Board shall complete its drill in this regard expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of the opinion from the said Councils.
WPA 2988 of 2025 is disposed with the above terms without any order as to costs.
Since no affidavit has been invited, the allegations contained in the writ petition are deemed to have been denied by the respondents. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties, subject to compliance of all requisite formalities. (Biswajit Basu, J.)