Sudhansu Chakrabarty v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

11-11-2025 Item No.117 ML Subrata Bhattacharyya IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side AR(C) WPA No.9036 of 2025 Sudhansu Chakraborty -vsThe State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Shuvro Prokash Lahiri Mr. Rajesh Naskar Mr. Ankan Mondal ...for the petitioner Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy ...for WBCSSC

1. The petitioner is suffering from cancer. He seeks transfer on self-medical grounds. His application for transfer is pending consideration before the school authority.

2. The instant writ petition stands disposed of by directing the head of the institution to take necessary steps to consider the application for transfer made by the petitioner in accordance with law at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order.

3. If the Block Medical Officer of Health certifies in favour of the petitioner, then immediate necessary steps shall be taken by the school to forward the application of the petitioner to the District Inspector of Schools.

4. The District inspector of Schools shall take steps in the matter at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of all documents from the school.

5. The fate of the petitioner's application shall be made known to the petitioner immediately thereafter.

6. If the application of the petitioner is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken by the appropriate authority without any further delay.

7. The writ petition stands disposed of.

8. Certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.

[Amrita Sinha, J]