Shrabanti Roy v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

WPA 9501 of 2026 24.06.

Ct. No. 24 Shrabanti Roy Vs.

The State of West Bengal and others.

sdas --------------- Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, Ms. Pritha Biswas, Ms. Upasana Sarkar.

... for the petitioner.

Ms. Mary Datta Ms. Manisha Paswan ... for the State.

Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy.

... for the SSC.

1. The affidavit of service filed today is taken on record.

2. In spite of service, the School Authority is not represented.

3. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher.

4. The petitioner had applied for general transfer on the distance ground.

5. Such application has been pending since October 2022. The school has not taken any decision in the matter.

6. Since a long period of time has lapsed since the application has been made and surrounding circumstances may have undergone a change, the petitioner is directed to make a fresh application with the school authorities which shall be dealt

with by the school authorities within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of the application. The said application will be made in the offline mode as the "Utsashree Portal" is temporarily suspended.

7. If found eligible, the case of the petitioner shall be forwarded to the concerned District Inspector of Schools (SE) by the school authorities along with the application and the requisite No Objection Certificate, by July 30, 2026.

8. Temporary 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.

9. With these aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of.

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

11. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on priority basis. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)