October 8, 2026 (33) ARDR In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction WPA 1435 of 2026 Sujit Kumar Sen Vs. The State of West Bengal & ors. Adv. Bedashruti Bose, … for the petitioner. Adv. Shanghai Choudhury, Adv. Manisha Dutta, …for the State. Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner is taken on record. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher Sayedpur Babhantoli High School and seeks transfer on medical ground. He initially submitted an online application in this regard before the concerned authority on 17th August, 2021 which was not considered. He again submitted an offline application on 16th March, 2026 which is also pending. Subsequently, he submitted a further online application in the Utsashree portal in July, 2026, but found that the portal was not operational due to technical glitch. The petitioner seeks consideration of his offline application filed on 16th March, 2026 by the concerned authority. In view of the fact that the applications submitted by the petitioner are pending for long, the Commissioner of School Education, being the 2nd respondent herein, is directed to consider and dispose of the offline application 2 submitted by the petitioner on 16th March, 2026 within four weeks from the date of communication of this order, in accordance with law. 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)