Joyita Bhattacharjee v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

10th Feb., 2026 Item no.D/L 22 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 26619 of 2022 In the matter of :

Joyita Bhattacharjee .... Petitioner VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Ujjal Ray Mr. Binay Kumar ....Advocates For the WBCSSC:

Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy ....Advocate For the State:

Mr. Suman Dey ....Advocate

1. The petitioner's application seeking transfer on self medical ground and spouse medical ground stood rejected by the head of the institution in August, 2022 with the observation that the disease mentioned in the application is not enlisted in Utsashree.

2. It appears that nearly four years have elapsed from the date the application of the petitioner seeking transfer stood disallowed by the head of the institution.

3. 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 ground for the same.

4. In the event such an application is made, the head of the institution shall consider the prayer of the petitioner seeking transfer strictly in accordance with the Transfer Rules, 2015, as amended, at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of submission of the application. Medical checkup of the patient may be conducted by the Block Medical Officer of Health.

5. If the medical report discloses any ground on which transfer may be allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken by the authorities without any further delay.

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

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

8. The writ petition stands disposed of.

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