Malabika Nandy v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

S/L 87 27.02.2026 Court No.18 SD

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION WPA 4264 of 2026 Smt. Malabika Nandy Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Shamim ul Bari ... for the Petitioner.

Mr. Rajarshi Basu Mr. S.T. Mina ... for the State.

Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy ... for WBCSSC.

Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Mr. Manas Bhattacharyya ... for WBBSE.

1.

Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner in Court today be retained with the records.

2.

Instruction forwarded by the Chairman, West Bengal Central School Service Commission dated February 26, 2026 handed over in Court today is also taken on record.

3.

It appears therefrom that the petitioner is not similarly situated as the teachers mentioned in page 84 of the writ petition.

4.

The petitioner seeks transfer on medical ground. 5.

In view of the above, the instant writ petition stands disposed of with the observation that it will be open for the petitioner to make fresh application offline seeking transfer in the prescribed format before the head of the institution disclosing reason for the same.

6.

The head of the institution shall consider the prayer of the petitioner in accordance with the prevailing transfer rules.

7.

If the prayer of the petitioner is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken by the authority at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of filing of the application. 8.

The fate of the petitioner's application shall be made known to the petitioner immediately thereafter. 9.

Suspension of the Utsashree portal will not stand in the way of the authorities from taking steps in terms of the order passed hereinabove.

10.

The writ petition stands disposed of.

11.

Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

(Amrita Sinha, J.)