Chinmoy Dutta v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS.

In the High Court at Calcutta 10.02.2026 Item no.5 Subrata Bhattacharyya AR(C) Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA No.15422 of 2024 In the matter of :

Chinmoy Dutta .... Petitioner VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Shuvro Prokash Lahiri Mr. Ankan Mondal ......Advocates For the WBCSSC:

Mr. Sourav Mitra ....Advocates For the WBBSE:

Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Mr. Bibek Dutta ......Advocates For the State:

Md. Farhaduddin ......Advocates

1. Affidavit-of-service, filed in Court today, is taken on record.

2. The petitioner seeks transfer. His application was returned by the District Inspector of Schools (SE), Purba Badhaman in September 2022 with the remark that "no significant abnormality was found in the medical examination report".

3. The petitioner presses for transfer.

4. It appears that considerable period of time has elapsed from the day the application of the petitioner for transfer stood rejected.

5. Accordingly, the instant writ petition stands disposed of with the observation that it will be open for the petitioner to make fresh application offline seeking transfer in the prescribed format disclosing ground for the same.

6. In the event such an application is made, the same shall be considered by the head of the institution in accordance with the prevailing transfer rules at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of filing of the application.

7. The fate of the petitioner's application shall be made known to the petitioner.

8. Suspension of the Utsashree portal shall not stand in the way of the respondents in taking steps in terms of the order passed hereinabove.

9. Certified copy of this order, if applied for, be furnished after completion of all requisite formalities. [Amrita Sinha, J]