Sumit Chakraborty v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.
26.02.2026 Court No.18 pg.
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE WPA 4645 of 2026 Sumit Chakraborty -versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Dibyendu Chatterjee Mr. Soumish Ghosh Mr. Rahul Deb Goenka Ms. Satabdi Das Mr. Mainak Singha Barma Ms. Sunanda Chatterjee ... For the petitioner Mr. Kushal Biswas Mr. M.D. Biswas ... For the State Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Mr. Bibek Dutta Mr. Manas Bhattacharyya ... For the WBBSE 1.
Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today is taken on record.
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The petitioner seeks transfer.
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On perusal of the documents annexed to the writ petition, it appears that the petitioner is yet to make a formal application in the prescribed format seeking transfer.
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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 offline application seeking transfer in the prescribed format disclosing the ground for the same.
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In the event such an application is made, the same shall be considered by the head of the institution in accordance with the prevailing transfer rules. 6.
Steps shall be taken in the matter at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the application from the petitioner.
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If the application of the petitioner is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken without any further delay.
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The fate of the petitioner's application shall be made known to the petitioner.
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Suspension of the Utsashree portal will not stand in the way of the respondents to consider the application for transfer made by the petitioner. 10.
The writ petition stands disposed of.
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All parties shall act on the basis of a server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.
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Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.
(Amrita Sinha, J.)