Basudev Sardar v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

06/05 In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction AD/15/24 Appellate Side 266312 NANDY WPA/27994/2023 (DO) Basudev Sardar Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, Advocate Ms. Upasana Sarkar, Advocate ......for the Petitioner Mr. Sourav Mitra, Advocate ......for the WBSSC Ms. Koyeli Bhttacharyya, Advocate Mr. Bibek Dutta, Advocate .....for the WBBSE

1. The affidavit of service filed today is taken on record.

2. In spite of service, the School Authority is not represented.

3. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher.

4. The petitioner had applied for general transfer on the distance ground.

5. Such application has been pending since 2022. The school has not taken any decision in the matter.

6. The Head of the Institution is directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner by May 30, 2026 in accordance with law.

7. If found eligible, the case of the petitioner shall be forwarded to the concerned District Inspector of Schools (SE) by the school authorities along with the application and the requisite No Objection Certificate, by June 30, 2026.

8. Temporary suspension of 'Utsashree Portal' will not be an impediment for the concerned authority to consider the application for transfer of the petitioner. The same shall be considered in an offline mode.

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9. With these aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall, however, be no order as to costs.

1. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on priority basis.

(Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)