IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION 29.09.2026 rc/ct.no.CB-06 Item No.170 WPA No. 1797 of 2026 Rupak Das Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Adv. Bupasa Mrug ..for the petitioner Adv. Radhika Agarwal Adv. Somdutta Patra ….for the State Adv. Mousumi Bhowal Adv. Nigam Mittal …for the DPSC Cooch Behar Report submitted by the State is taken on record. The petitioner is aggrieved by non-consideration of his application seeking transfer to a school near his residence. He is presently employed as an assistant teacher of Tharaikhana 4th Plan Primary School under Bamanhat Circle, Cooch Behar. Learned counsel for the District Primary School Council, Cooch Behar submits that the application submitted by the petitioner through the online portal UTSASHREE was forwarded to the District Primary School Council, Cooch Behar by the concerned District Inspector of Schools on July 25, 2022. The said portal was temporarily suspended by the Government of West Bengal by an order dated September 29, 2022. The suspension was withdrawn with effect from July 01, 2026. The applications for transfer submitted through 2 the said portal cannot be processed due to technical error in the portal. It appears that the petitioner submitted an application for transfer in the physical form on July 14, 2022 and also on July 30, 2026. He cannot be made to suffer due to non-functioning/technical glitches of the portal. In the event the concerned authority is unable to process the application of the petitioner submitted through the portal due to non- functioning of the said portal, he may consider the application submitted offline as expeditiously as possible. Accordingly, the Chairman, District Primary School Council, Cooch Behar, being the 6th respondent herein, is directed to consider and dispose of the applications submitted by the petitioner offline on July 14, 2022 and July 30, 2026 respectively within four weeks from the date of communication of this order upon granting reasonable opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, in accordance with the prevalent laws/rules. The writ petition is disposed of. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted. 3 Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh,J)