Calcutta High CourtWPA/22473/2022disposed

Sk. Mahafzur Rahaman v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

2026-02-04Hon'Ble Justice Amrita Sinha2 pages

4th Feb., 2026 Item no.M/L 135 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 22473 of 2022 In the matter of :

Sk. Mahafzur Rahaman .... Petitioner VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury Ms. Shreyeta Mitra Ms. Debolina Chakraborty ....Advocates For the WBCSSC:

Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy Ms. Susmita Mondal ....Advocates For the WBBSE:

Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Mr. Bibek Datta ....Advocates

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

2. The petitioner's application seeking transfer is pending consideration before the head of the institution since 2021.

3. It appears that nearly five years have elapsed from the date the application of the petitioner seeking transfer was made.

4. In view of the above, the instant writ petition stands disposed of with the observation that it will be open for the petitioner to make fresh offline application 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 head of the institution in accordance with the prevailing transfer rules and the law laid down by the Court from time to time.

6. Steps shall be taken in the matter at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the application from the petitioner.

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

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

9. Suspension of the Utsashree portal will not stand in the way of the respondents to consider the application for transfer made by the petitioner.

10. The writ petition stands disposed of.

11. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)