Rajib Sahoo v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

29th Jan., 2026 Item no.D/L 15 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 26699 of 2025 In the matter of :

Rajib Sahoo .... Petitioner VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury Ms. Shreyeta Mitra Ms. Pritha Biswas ....Advocates For the WBBSE:

Mr. Kunal Ganguly ....Advocate For the WBCSSC:

Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy Ms. Susmita Mondal ....Advocate For the State:

Mr. Manas Kumar Sadhu ....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 School authority.

3. Without entering into the merits of the same, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the head of the institution to consider the said application and if the prayer of the petitioner is allowed then take necessary steps to forward the application of the petitioner to the District Inspector of Schools in accordance with law at the

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

4. The District Inspector of Schools shall take consequential necessary steps in the matter at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of all documents from the school.

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

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

7. The respondent authority shall act on the basis of the hard copy of the documents forwarded by the petitioner despite suspension of the Utshasree portal.

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.)