09.09.2026 18 sdas WPA 23953 of 2026 Dr. Trina Sengupta Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sankha Ghosh Mr. Manujendra Narayan Roy Mr. Gourav Halder ….. for the petitioner Mrs. Aparna Banerjee, learned AGP Mr. Atanu Basu ….. for the State 1. The petitioner was appointed on provisional basis in the cadre of West Bengal Medical Education Service on March 12, 2026 as an Assistant Professor in the discipline of Community Medicine. She had thereafter participated in the recruitment process for the post of “Scientist-B(Medical)” of the ESI-PGIMSR & ESIC, Medical College, Joka, Kolkata. 2. The petitioner has been selected and has applied for a no objection/technical resignation from her post at Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government College and Hospital at Uluberia, Howrah. The last date for joining at ICMR, New Delhi, is September 14, 2026. In view thereof, the petitioner’s application which is nothing more than a technical resignation has to be read in the light of the Rule 33(2) of the West Bengal Services (Death-cum-Retirement) Rules, 1971. 2 3. The concerned authority is directed to take a decision on this issue by September 11, 2026, and communicate the resultant order to the petitioner by September 12, 2026. 4. With the aforestated direction, the writ petition is disposed of. 5. There will be no order as to costs. 6. All parties to act on the server copy of this order, duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)