Devjani Dalal Halder And ANR. v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS.

S/L 15 17.03.2025 Court No.19 SD

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION WPA 5734 of 2025 Devjani Dalal Halder & Anr.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Santanu Maji ... for the Petitioners.

Mr. Dinendra Nath Chatterjee Ms. Priya Ghosal ... for the State.

Mr. Ratul Biswas Mr. Kaushik Chowdhury ... for the WBBPE.

Mr. Bhaskar Prasad Vaisya Mr. Gourav Das ... for the DPSC, 24-Parganas (South).

Mr. Biswabrata Basu Mallick Mr. Biman Halder ... for the DPSC, Hooghly.

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 Dignagar Kazi Abdul Primary School under Haripal South Circle of the D.P.S.C., Hooghly, the respondent no. 5 herein whereas the petitioner no. 2 is a teacher of Magrahat State Plan F.P. School under Magrahat East Circle of the D.P.S.C., 24Parganas (South), the respondent no. 7 herein. The representations of the petitioners for such mutual transfer both 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 week 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 four weeks from the date of receipt of the opinion from the said Councils. WPA 5734 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.)