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2026 DAILYLAW 6080 (CAL)

MANIKA GHOSH v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS.

WPA/23038/2022 · 2026-02-04

Amrita Sinha

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4th Feb., 2026 Item no.M/L 150 Court No. 18 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA 23038 of 2022 In the matter of : Manika Ghosh …. Petitioner VS. The State of West Bengal & Ors. ….Respondents For the Petitioner: Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury Ms. Shreyeta Mitra Ms. Debolina Chakraborty ….Advocates For the WBCSSC: Mr. Sourav Mitra ….Advocate For the WBBSE: Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Mr. Bibek Datta ….Advocates For the State: Mr. Arindom Chattopadhyay Ms. Lipika Chatterjee ….Advocates 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2. The petitioner’s application seeking transfer on medical ground is stood rejected by the District Inspector of Schools in the year 2022 with the remark ‘CMOH remarks not eligible’. 3. It appears that nearly four years have elapsed from the date the application of the petitioner seeking transfer stood disallowed. 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 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 transfer rules. 6. Steps shall be taken in the matter at the earliest but positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the application from the petitioner. 7. If the application of the petitioner is allowed, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken without any further delay. 8. The fate of the petitioner’s application shall be made known to the petitioner. 9. Suspension of the Utsashree portal will not stand in the way of the respondents to consider the application for transfer made by the petitioner. 10. The writ petition stands disposed of. 11. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)