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2026 DAILYLAW 47186 (CAL)

ABDUL GAFFAR v. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS.

WPA/2765/2026 · 2026-10-07

Suvra Ghosh

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October 7, 2026 (42) ARDR In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction WPA 2765 of 2026 Abdul Gaffar Vs. The State of West Bengal & ors. Adv. Santanu Majhi, Adv. Jagesh Ch. Roy, … for the petitioner. Adv. Bikramaditya Ghosh, Adv. Ved Rai, ...for the WBBPE. Adv. Tara Prasad Haldar, Adv. Subhasish Misra …for the SDPSC. Adv. Supriya Singh, Adv. Alok Sah, …for the State. Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner is taken on record. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher of Goabari F Primary School and submitted an application seeking transfer through the online portal Utsashree on 24th July, 2026. The application has been forwarded to the Secretary, District Primary School Council who in turn has forwarded the same to the Secretary, West Bengal Board of Primary Education. The application is pending before the said authority. In view of the above, the Secretary, West Bengal Board of Primary Education, being the 4th respondent herein, is directed to consider and dispose of the same within four weeks from the date of communication of this order, in accordance with law. 2 In the event the 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)