Calcutta High Court
WPA/11107/2026 of KANAK LATA MANDAL Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. on 28 September 2026
Court No.24 SD IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION WPA 11107 of 2026 Kanak Lata Mandal Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sudipta Dasgupta Ms. Suryatapa Das … for the Petitioner. Ms. Susmita Saha Dutta Mr. Niladri Saha … for the State. Mr.
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28.09.2026
Court No.24
SD
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION
WPA 11107 of 2026
Kanak Lata Mandal
Vs.
The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Sudipta Dasgupta
Ms. Suryatapa Das
… for the Petitioner.
Ms. Susmita Saha Dutta
Mr. Niladri Saha
… for the State.
Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy
… for SSC.
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1. Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioner in Court today be kept with the records.
2. The petitioner claims that her application for transfer filed offline in the prescribed format is pending consideration at the end of the School authority.
3. There is no proof of filing of the said application in the prescribed format before the head of the institution though a no objection certificate issued by the teacher-in-charge of the school dated 9th April, 2026 has been annexed.
4. 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 application seeking transfer online in the prescribed format disclosing ground for the same. If the online portal is non-functional, then the petitioner may file the application offline.
5. If such application is made the head of the institution shall consider the same in accordance with
2 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 in accordance with law shall be taken at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order.
6. 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.
7. If the application of the petitioner for transfer is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken without any further delay.
8. The fate of the petitioner’s application shall be made known to the petitioner.
9. The writ petition stands disposed of.
10. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.
11. Certified server copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.
(Amrita Sinha, J.)