Calcutta High Court
WPA/6506/2026 of RANJIT RAKSHIT Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. on 13 May 2026
chanchal In The High Court At Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side W.P.A 6506 of 2026 Ranjit Rakshit -versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, Adv., Ms. Pritha Biswas, Adv., Ms. Upasana Sarkar. Adv. … for the petitioner Mr. Sourav
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13.05.2026
chanchal
In The High Court At Calcutta
Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction
Appellate Side
W.P.A 6506 of 2026
Ranjit Rakshit
-versus
The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, Adv.,
Ms. Pritha Biswas, Adv.,
Ms. Upasana Sarkar. Adv.
… for the petitioner
Mr. Sourav Mitra
… for the WBCSSC
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1. Let affidavit of service, as filed in Court, be kept on record.
2. In spite of service, none appears on behalf of the school authorities.
3. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher. He had applied for transfer on general ground. The application has, however, been rejected by the school authorities since 2022. Since a long time has lapsed since the application was made in 2022, the petitioner is granted liberty to file a fresh application in the prescribed form with the school authorities by June 30, 2026.
4. The school authorities will consider the same and expedite the onward progression by sending such application to the concerned District Inspector of Schools (S.E.) if he is otherwise eligible.
5. Since the ‘Utsashree Portal’ is suspended, the application will be made in the offline mode and be considered by the school and other authorities in the offline mode.
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6. With these aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of.
7. There shall, however, be no order as to costs.
8. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on priority basis.
( Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)