Soumitra Mondal v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

SM 22.09.2025 Court No.759 WPA 17858 of 2025 Soumitra Mondal Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Somesh Kumar Ghosh ... for the petitioner Mr. Ratul Biswas Mr. Kaushik Chowdhury ... for the W.B.B.P.E.

Mr. Ranjan Saha ... for the D.P.S.C., Paschim Medinipur Mr. Ranjan Saha ... for the D.P.S.C., Jhargram Mr. Suman Dey Mr. Rajsekhar Basu ... for the State Affidavit of service filed in Court be kept with the record.

The petitioner's prayer for inter-district transfer on the ground of distance and being a surplus teacher in the school is pending consideration before the West Bengal Board of Primary Education.

Without entering into the merit of the said application, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the Secretary, West Bengal Board of Primary Education to take a decision on the prayer of the petitioner in accordance with law at the earliest but positively within a period of 180 days from the date of communication of this order. A reasoned order shall be passed and communicated to the petitioner

immediately thereafter.

Learned advocate for the petitioner is directed to forward a copy of the representation seeking transfer along with all documents in support of his prayer to the aforesaid respondent at the time of communicating the order of the Court.

With the above observations and directions this writ petition being WPA 17858 of 2025 stands disposed of.

However, there shall be no order as to costs. Urgent photostat certified copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties, upon usual undertakings.

(Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J.)