Sumanta Mondal v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

07.01.2025 (M/L 92) Ct.-19 (Susanta)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE W.P.A. 25276 of 2024 Sumanta Mondal -VsThe State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Surojit Mukherjee, ...For the Petitioner.

Mr. Kaushik Chowdhury, .... For the WBBPE.

Mr. Dipanjan Datta, Ld. Sr. Govt. Adv., Ms. Paromita Malakar Dutta, .... For the State.

Md. Sarwar Jahan, Mr. Nayeemul Hoque, .... For the DPSC (Murshidabad).

Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioner be kept with the record.

The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher at 26 Rajnagar Primary School, a school under Sadar East Circle of DPSC Murshidabad.

The petitioner is praying general transfer on the ground that the school is far away from his residence, as such, he is unable to take care of his ailing wife who is suffering from gynecological problems, besides he has a 10 year old child, who requires the guidance of his father.

The Council has already filed a report regarding the PTR of the schools of the district, wherefrom it appears that the school of the petitioner has an enrollment of 153 students with two teachers, the PTR therefore is 76.5.

The school already is in acute shortage of teachers, as such, the prayer of the petitioner cannot

be entertained at this stage, besides the grounds for transfer are not much convincing.

WPA 25276 of 2024 is dismissed without any order as to costs.

Parties to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Biswajit Basu, J.)