Calcutta High CourtWPA/23041/2022disposed

Gopal Mondal v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

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

4th Feb., 2026 Item no.M/L 152 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 23041 of 2022 In the matter of :

Gopal Mandal .... 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 For the Respondent nos. 5&6:

Mr. Mukteswar Maity Ms. Manika Sarkar ....Advocates For the State:

Mr. Shamim-ul-Bari ....Advocate

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

2. The petitioner's application seeking transfer stood disallowed in the year 2022 on the ground that the petitioner is a single subject teacher.

3. The petitioner presses for transfer.

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

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.

7. A decision shall be taken at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of filing of the application.

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

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

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.)