Champa Ghatak Alias Champa Mondal v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

WPA 19802 of 2024 Champa Ghatak alias Champa Mondal Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Dilip Kumar Maity ...for the Petitioner Md. Sarwar Jahan, Ms. Mousumi Mitra, Ms. Tapati Sarkar ...for Respondent No. 3 26-09-2024 AKG Ct. 15 The petitioner was appointed as a Samity Education Officer by the Panchayat Samity, RanaghatI, District Nadia, with the responsibility of overseeing the Shishu Siksha Kendras (SSKs) and Madhyamik Siksha Kendras (MSKs) within the Panchayat Samity. Subsequently, these Siksha Kendras were transferred under the purview of the State's Education Department, while the petitioner continues to be governed by the Panchayat Department.

Through this writ petition, the petitioner seeks an inter-district transfer. The question regarding the appropriate transferring authority for the petitioner appears to be addressed by a judgment of this Court in WPA 3120 of 2023 (Ashim Tarafdar & Ors. v. The State of West Bengal & Ors.), wherein a Co-ordinate Bench directed the Chief Secretary of the Government of West Bengal to nominate an officer to adjudicate on the petitioner's application based on its own merits.

Accordingly, the Mission Director of the Paschimbanga Rajya Shishu Shiksha Mission was nominated by the Chief Secretary to evaluate the transfer application of a Samity Education Officer. In light of the aforementioned facts, I hereby dispose of this writ petition with a directive to the Mission Director to consider the transfer application in the light of the recommendation letter dated November 2, 2023, issued by the District Magistrate of Nadia, and the subsequent communication dated January 11, 2024, from the Deputy Director of Panchayats and Rural Development, West Bengal. This exercise should be completed within three months from the date of communication of this order, in accordance with applicable law.

Accordingly, WPA 19802 of 2024 is disposed of. Urgent certified website copies of this order, if applied for, be made available to the parties upon compliance with the requisite formalities.

(Kausik Chanda, J.)