27TH JULY, 2026 Item no.D/L 51 Court No. 24 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA 14385 of 2023 In the matter of: Pratap Kumar Ghorai …. Petitioner VS. The State of West Bengal & Ors. ….Respondents For the Petitioner: Mr. Sabyasachi Chatterjee Mr. Badrul Karim ….Advocates For the State: Mr. Lokenath Chatterjee Ms. Sneha Chatterjee ….Advocates For the WBBSE: Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Mr. Bibek Dutta ….Advocates For the SSC: Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy ….Advocate 1. The petitioner’s application seeking transfer was returned by the District Inspector of Schools on 27th August, 2021 on the ground that the petitioner is a single subject teacher. 2. The petitioner presses for transfer. 3. It appears that considerable period of time has lapsed from the day the application of the petitioner for transfer stood rejected. Staff strength of the school may have changed in the meantime. 4. Accordingly, the instant writ petition stands disposed of with the observation that it will be open for the petitioner to make fresh Page 2 online application seeking transfer in the prescribed format disclosing the ground for the same. 5. In the event such an application is made, the same shall be considered by the head of the institution in accordance with the prevailing transfer rules and law laid down by the Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court on 31st July, 2025 in the matter of Rupak Dhua Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. [FMA 995 of 2025 with IA No.: CAN 1 of 2025] wherein the Court took note of the notification dated 3rd January, 2022 amending the West Bengal School Service Commission (General Transfer, Transfer on Special Grounds and Reallocation) Rules, 2015. 6. The Court was of the opinion that the aforesaid notification states that it would be an obligation on the part of the District Inspector of Schools (SE) to take urgent steps in a time bound manner to search for a teacher on the same subject from nearby schools and make local arrangement so that the teacher of the other school attends the school wherefrom the single teacher had applied for transfer. The petitioner’s claim for transfer cannot be kept in abeyance till a willing teacher is found. The Court was pleased to direct the District Inspector of Schools to take expeditious steps for filling up the resultant vacancy that might arise after the candidate’s transfer is allowed. 7. A decision shall be taken by the respondents at the earliest. The ground of single-subject teacher cannot be relied upon by the authority to reject the prayer of the petitioner. 8. The writ petition stands disposed of. 9. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Page 3 10. Certified server copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)