Calcutta High Court
WPA/6346/2026 of SUSMITA MANDAL 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 6346 of 2026 Susmita Mandal -versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, Adv., Ms. Pritha Biswas, Adv., Ms. Upasana Sarkar. Adv. … for the petitioner Mr. Sunil
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13.05.2026
chanchal
In The High Court At Calcutta
Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction
Appellate Side
W.P.A 6346 of 2026
Susmita Mandal
-versus
The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, Adv.,
Ms. Pritha Biswas, Adv.,
Ms. Upasana Sarkar. Adv.
… for the petitioner
Mr. Sunil Kumar Roy
… for the SSC
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1. The affidavit of service filed today is taken on record.
2. In spite of service, the School Authority is not represented.
3. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher.
4. The petitioner had applied for general transfer on the distance ground.
5. Such application has been pending since February 2026. The school has not taken any decision in the matter.
6. Respondent no. 6, the Secretary, Ad-hoc Committee, is directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner by June 30, 2026 in accordance with law and also in line with the decisions in Gokul Chandra Mallick Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. in MAT 1218 of 2024 and Rupak Dhua Vs.- The State of West Bengal & Ors. in FMA 995 of 2025 passed by the Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court.
7. If found eligible, the case of the petitioner shall be forwarded to the concerned District Inspector of Schools (SE) by the school
authorities along with the application and the requisite No Objection Certificate, by July 15, who shall take steps for onward progression of the matter.
8. Temporary suspension of ‘Utsashree Portal’ will not be an impediment for the concerned authority to consider the application for transfer of the petitioner. The same shall be considered in an offline mode.
9. With these aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of.
10. There shall, however, be no order as to costs.
11. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on priority basis. ( Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)