Anwar Hossain v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS

17.03.2026 In The High Court at Calcutta Ct. No. 5 Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Sl. No.24 akd W. P. A. 375 of 2026 [Anwar Hossain -Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors.] Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury Mr. Soumyajit Laskar ... ... for the petitioner Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy ... for respondent no.4 [West Bengal Central School Service Commission] Mr. Nabankur Paul Mr. Anirban Banerjee ... ... for the State 1.

Affidavit-of-service filed in court today is taken on record.

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The Petitioner preferred the present writ Petition alleging inaction on behalf of the Respondent authorities in not considering the Petitioner's application dated 02.02.2026 for transfer from Khalpara Jr. High School, Dist. Jalpaiguri.

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Learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that he was appointed as Assistant Teacher, English (Pass) vide appointment letter dated 07.01.2014 at Khalpara Jr. High School, Dist. Jalpaiguri.

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Learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the school is at160 km away from the Petitioner's residence. Due to the said distance , the Petitioner applied for the transfer from Khalpara Jr. High School, Dist. Jalpaiguri to any nearby schools vide application dated 02.02.2026.

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The petitioner's application for transfer filed Offline in the prescribed format is pending consideration at the end of the school authority.

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In view of the above, the instant writ petition stands disposed of directing the head of the institution to consider the same in accordance with the prevailing transfer rules and if the prayer of the petitioner is allowed then necessary steps to forward the application of the petitioner to the District Inspector of Schools (SE), Jalpaiguri in accordance with law at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. 7.

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.

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

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

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The respondent authority shall act on the basis of the hard copy of the document forwarded by the petitioner despite suspension of the UTSHASREE portal.

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With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition is disposed of.

12.

Since no affidavits have been filed by the respondents, the allegations made in the writ petition shall not be deemed to have been admitted.

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Let urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties on usual undertaking. (Gaurang Kanth, J.)