Debasis Sinha Ray v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

16th Feb., 2026 Item no.D/L 49 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 27559 of 2023 In the matter of :

Debasis Sinha Ray .... Petitioner VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioner:

Mr. Ujjal Ray Mr. Sk. Abdur Rahim ....Advocates For the State:

Mr. Arindam Chattopadhyay Ms. Lipika Chatterjee ....Advocates For the WBCSSC:

Mr. Sourav Mitra ....Advocate

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

2. The petitioner's application seeking transfer is pending consideration since 2023.

3. The petitioner presses for transfer.

4. It appears that nearly three years have elapsed from the date the petitioner applied for transfer.

5. 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.

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. Steps shall be taken in the matter at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the application from the petitioner.

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

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

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

11. The writ petition stands disposed of.

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