Raj Kumar Das v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

21.01.2026 In the High Court at Calcutta Item no.A/235 Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 19087 OF 2022 In the matter of :

Raj Kumar Das .... Petitioner VS.

Court No. 18 Sc The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury Ms. Shreyeta Mitra Ms. Pritha Biswas.

....Advocates For the State:

Mr. Rezaul Hossain ....Advocate For the WBCSSC:

Mr. Kanak Kiran Bandopadhyay ....Advocate For the WBBSE:

Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Mr. Bibek Dutta Mr. Manas Bhattacharyya.

....Advocates

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

2. The petitioner's application for transfer on spouse's medical ground is pending consideration before the Head of the Institution.

3. It appears that considerable period of time has lapsed from the day the application of the petitioner for transfer stood rejected. Staff strength of the school may have changed in the meantime.

4. 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 the ground for the same.

5. In the event such an application is made, the same shall be considered by the District Inspector of Schools in accordance with the prevailing transfer rules. A decision shall be taken at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of filing of the application.

6. If required, further health checkup of the petitioner's spouse may be conducted in accordance with law

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. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be furnished after completion of all requisite formalities.

(Amrita Sinha, J.)