Hiranmay Dutta v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

24.06.2026 Sl. No. 59 Ct No. 24 SG WPA 8189 of 2026 Hiranmay Dutta Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. S.P. Lahiri, Mr. R. Naskar, Mr. A. Mondal.

......for the Petitioner Mr. Lokenath Chatterjee, Ms. Sneha Chatterjee, ......for the State Mr. Sourav Mitra.

...for WBCSSC 1.

Affidavit-of-service, as filed today, is taken on record.

2.

In spite of service, none appears on behalf of the school authorities.

3.

The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher in Halisahar Rabindra Vidyamandir High School, North 24 Parganas. Petitioner's application for general transfer on the ground of distance has been pending before the school authorities since January 12, 2026. 4.

The school authorities are directed to dispose of the said application, without taking the ground that the petitioner is a single teacher in her subject as the same has already been decided by this Hon'ble Court in Gokul Chandra Mallick vs. State of West Bengal &

Ors. in MAT 1218 of 2024 and Rupak Dhua vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. In FMA 995 of 2025.

5.

In view of the aforestated, responded no. 6 is directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner by July 15, 2026. In the event such application is allowed, the school authorities will immediately forward the same along with requisite "No Objection Certificate" and declaration to the respondent no. 5 within a period of two weeks from allowing the application.

6.

The respondent no. 5 will take all consequential steps in accordance with law specifically in terms of Notification no. 09-SE dated January 3, 2022 as expeditiously as possible.

7.

The suspension of "Utsashree Portal‟ will not be an impediment for the concerned authority to consider the application for transfer of the petitioner. The same shall be considered in an offline mode.

8.

With the aforestated directions, the writ petition is, thus, disposed of.

9.

There shall, however, be no order as to costs. 10.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.

(Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)