Punam Keshari v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

In the High Court at Calcutta 20.01.2026 Item no.AD/22 Court No. 18 Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Sc Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 24369 of 2023 In the matter of :

Punam Keshari .... Petitioner VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Shuvro P. Lahiri Mr. Rajesh Naskar.

....Advocates For the State:

Mr. Sekhar Mustafi Mr. Sujit Chatterjee.

....Advocates For the W.B.B.S.E:

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

....Advocates For the SSC:

Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy Ms. Susmita Mondal.

....Advocate

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

2. The petitioner's application for transfer is pending consideration at the end of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission.

3. The instant writ petition stands disposed of by directing the Secretary of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission to take necessary steps to consider the application for transfer made by the petitioner in accordance with law at the earliest but positively

within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order.

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

5. The fate of the petitioner's application shall be made known to the petitioner immediately thereafter.

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

7. The writ petition stands disposed of.

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