Bipul Malo Das v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

22.06.2022.

Court No.13 Item No. 143 sp W.P.A. No. 7425 of 2022 Bipul Malo Das

Versus

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sakti Pada Jana ...For the petitioner.

Mr. Biswanath Basu Mallick, Mr. Sayan Ganguly.

..For the State.

Dr. Sutanu Kumar Patra, Ms. Supriya Dubey ...For Central School Service Commission.

Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today be taken on record.

The petitioner is aggrieved that his application for transfer has been rejected on the ground that he is the only teacher (single teacher) for the subject being taught in the School.

It is now well settled that in terms of the Notification dated 3rd January, 2022, even a single teacher in a subject is entitled to apply for transfer and the same is liable to be considered by the concerned District Inspector of Schools (SE) in consultation with the CSE in accordance therewith, within a period of six weeks from date.

The petitioner shall be entitled to make an application afresh through the Utsashree Portal. The head of the School shall forward the said application to the concerned District Inspector of Schools, for further action strictly in terms of the Circular dated 3rd January, 2022.

With the aforesaid directions, the instant writ petition shall stand disposed of.

There will be no order as to costs.

All parties are directed to act on a server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

(Rajasekhar Mantha, J.)