October 5, 2026 (29) ARDR IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction WPA 1998 of 2026 Madhumita Sau Vs. The State of West Bengal & ors. Adv. Suvro Prakash Lahiri, Adv. D. undu, … for the petitioner. Adv. Arijit Ghosh, Adv. Tuhin Kumar Roy, …for the State. Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner is taken on record. The petitioner is appointed as Assistant Teacher in Sri Sri Ramkrishna S/C Primary School and sought inter-district transfer on certain grounds. She submitted an application in this regard before the Secretary, West Bengal Board of Primary Education on 7th July, 2025 which is yet to be considered. She seeks consideration of the same. Upon consideration of the submission made on behalf of the parties this Court is inclined to hold that since the application submitted by the petitioner on 7th July, 2025 is pending, the Secretary, West Bengal Board of Primary Education, being the 4th respondent herein, be directed to consider and dispose of the same within four weeks from the date of communication of this order in terms of the extant laws and rules. 2 In the event the said authority arrives at a decision in favour of the petitioner, necessary consequential steps be taken at the earliest. The writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit has been invited, allegations contained in the writ petition shall be deemed not to have been admitted. Urgent certified website copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties on compliance of requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh, J)