Namgel Lama v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri 17.03.2026 as WPA 396 of 2026 Namgel Lama Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, Mr. Soumyajit Laskar.

...for the Petitioner.

Mr. Sunit Kr. Roy.

...for the SSC.

Mr. Subir Kr. Saha, Ld. A.G.P., Mr. Manti Dutta.

...for the State.

1.

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

2.

The petitioner's application for transfer though approved by the Head of the institution but the same has not been forwarded to the District Inspector of Schools/Additional District Inspector of Schools on the ground of suspension of the Utashree Portal. The school has already issued no objection certificate in favour of the petitioner.

3.

The Head of the institution is directed to forward the application of the petitioner along with no objection certificate to the concerned District Inspector of Schools for taking necessary

consequential steps in the matter strictly in accordance with law, the prevailing transfer rules and the law laid down by this Court from time to time at the earliest positively within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order.

4.

The State respondent, i.e., the District Inspector of Schools shall consider the documents and take further necessary consequential steps in the matter in accordance with law at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of all the documents from the school. The fate of the petitioner's application shall be made known to the petitioner immediately thereafter.

5.

It is made clear that the suspension of Utashree Portal shall not stand in the way of the respondent authority in considering the transfer application of the petitioner.

6.

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

7.

Since no affidavits have been called for, all allegations made in the writ petition shall be deemed to have been denied.

8.

Let urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied for the parties on usual undertaking.

(Gaurang Kanth, J.)