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2026 DAILYLAW 4091 (CAL)

ANUP KUMAR GOPE v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS.

WPA/16491/2022 · 2026-01-20

Amrita Sinha

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20th Jan., 2026 Item no.M/L 197 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA 16491 of 2022 In the matter of : Anup Kumar Gope …. Petitioner VS. The State of West Bengal & Ors. ….Respondents For the Petitioner: Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury ….Advocate For the State: Mr. Shamim-ul-Bari ….Advocate For the WBCSSC: Mr. Sourav Mitra ….Advocate For the WBBSE: Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Mr. Bibek Dutta Mr. Manas Bhattacharyya ….Advocates 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2. The petitioner’s application seeking transfer stood rejected by the head of the institution on 5th May, 2022 on the ground that the petitioner was ineligible for transfer on account of not being within the ten percent limit of the total teacher strength eligible for transfer. 3. The petitioner presses his application for transfer. 4. It appears that nearly four years have elapsed from the date the application of the petitioner seeking transfer stood disallowed by the head of the institution. There may have been a change in the staff strength of the school in the meantime. Page 2 5. In view of the above, the instant writ petition stands disposed of with the observation that it will be open for the petitioner to make fresh offline application seeking transfer in the prescribed format disclosing the ground for the same. 6. In the event such an application is made, the same shall be considered by the head of the institution in accordance with law. 7. Steps shall be taken in the matter at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the application from the petitioner. 8. If the application of the petitioner is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken without any further delay. 9. The fate of the petitioner’s application shall be made known to the petitioner. 10. Suspension of the Utsashree portal will not stand in the way of the respondents to consider the application for transfer made by the petitioner. 11. The writ petition stands disposed of. 12. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)