28.01.2026 DL-18 Ct. No. 18 Srimanta In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 8877 of 2024 Bimal Chandra Kumbhankar -Vs.- State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, Ms. Shreyeta Mitra, Ms. Pritha Biswas …for the petitioner. Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy …for the School Service Commission. Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya, Mr. Bibek Dutta …for the W.B.B.S.E. 1. Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today be taken on record. 2. The petitioner’s application for transfer on spouse medical ground is pending consideration before the District Inspector of Schools (SE), Purulia. 3. The instant writ petition stands disposed of by directing the District Inspector of Schools (SE), Purulia to take necessary steps to dispose of the application for transfer made by the petitioner in accordance with law at the earliest but positively 2 within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. 4. If required, further health checkup of the petitioner’s spouse may be conducted by the District Inspector of Schools (SE), Purulia in accordance with law. 5. The fate of the petitioner’s application shall be made known to the petitioner immediately thereafter. 6. If the application of the petitioner is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken without any further delay. 7. Suspension of the Utsashree portal shall not stand in the way of the respondents in taking steps in terms of the order passed hereinabove. 8. The writ petition stands disposed of. 9. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)