WPA/6441/2026 of SRABANI GUPTA Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. on 8 May 2026

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 in a school. Petitioner’s application for general transfer on the ground of distance has been pending before the school authorities since December 24, 2025.

4. The school authorities are directed to dispose of the said application, without taking the ground that the petitioner is a single teacher in his subject as the same has already been decided by the Hon’ble Court in Gokul Chandra Mallick vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. in MAT 1218 of 2024 and Rupak Dhua vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. In FMA 995 of 2025.

5. In view of the aforestated, responded no. 6 is directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner by May 31, 2026. In the event such application is allowed, the school authorities will immediately forward the same along with requisite ‘No Objection Certificate’ and declaration to the concerned District Inspector of Schools within a period of two weeks from allowing the application.

6. The concerned District Inspector of Schools will take all consequential steps in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible, preferably within four weeks from the date of receipt of the ‘NOC’ and other requisites from the school.

7. The 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.

8. With the aforestated directions, the writ petition is, thus, disposed of.

9. There shall, however, be no order as to costs.

10. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties on usual undertaking.

(Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)