28th Jan., 2026 Item no.M/L 1232 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA 22105 of 2022 In the matter of : Gangesh Chanda …. Petitioner VS. The State of West Bengal & Ors. ….Respondents For the Petitioner: Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury Ms. Shreyeta Mitra Ms. Prtiha Biswas ….Advocates For the WBCSSC: Mr. Sunit Kuamr Roy ….Advocate For the State: Mr. Pinaki Dhole Ms. Tapati Samanta ….Advocates 1. The petitioner’s application seeking transfer submitted on 9th December, 2022 was pending consideration before the head of the institution. The same has been returned to the applicant on 19th September, 2022. 2. The petitioner presses for transfer. 3. 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 change in the staff strength of the school in the meantime. 4. 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 Page 2 offline application seeking transfer in the prescribed format disclosing the ground for the same. 5. In the event such an application is made, the same shall be considered by the head of the institution in accordance with the prevailing rules at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the application from the petitioner. 6. If the application of the petitioner is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken without any further delay. 7. The fate of the petitioner’s application shall be made known to the petitioner. 8. Suspension of the Utsashree portal will not stand in the way of the respondents to consider the application for transfer made by the petitioner. 9. The writ petition stands disposed of. 10. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)