Mandira Sengupta v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

WPA 29143 of 2023 16.5.2025 Mandira Sengupta -vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors. Ct.25,sl.19, sk Mr. Shamim-Ul-Bari ...for the petitioner.

Mr. Debnarayan Banerjee Md. Ahsanuz Zaman ...for the State.

Mr. Sourav Mitra ...for the Central School Service Commission. 1.

The petitioner being the Assistant Teacher of the school is aggrieved that his application for transfer, in terms of the General Rules of transfer, though has been recommended and forwarded to the end of the respondent D.I. of Schools (SE), Howrah on September 16, 2022, the same is yet to be considered by the said respondent.

2.

It appears from record that the petitioner's application dated September 16, 2022, for transfer is on the ground of distance.

3.

Parties are represented.

4.

Having heard the learned counsels for the parties and having perused the records, this Court finds it proper to dispose of the present writ petition with the following directions:- i) Let the respondent D.I. of Schools(SE), Howrah take up the application for transfer of the writ petitioner as forwarded to it by the School authority, on September 16,

2022, and consider the same in an appropriate mode (online or off line) and in accordance with law.

ii) Let the application of the writ petitioner as above, be decided by the said authority, within a period of twelve weeks from the date of communication of copy of this order and dafter affording reasonable opportunity of hearing to the writ petitioner.

iii) Let the said respondent pass a reasoned order, if not the prayer of the petitioner is allowed by him.

5.

The writ petition as above, is disposed of.

6.

Since no affidavit is called for in this case, the allegations made in the writ petition, are deemed to have been denied by the respondents.

7.

Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Rai Chattopadhyay, J.)