60 01.04. 2026 Ct. No. 24 Ab IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE. WPA 3926 of 2026 Sayani Bhattacharyya Vs. The State of West Bengal and others. --------------- Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, Ms. Shreyeta Mitra, Ms. Pritha Biswas, Ms. Upasana Sarkar. … for the petitioner. Mr. Bhakti Prasad Das. … for the State. Mr. Kanak Kiran Bandyopadhyay. … for the WBCSSC. Mr. Kunal Ganguly. … for the WBBSE 1. The affidavit of service filed today is taken on record. 2. In spite of service, the School Authority is not represented. 3. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher in Work Education in the Sundias Girls’ High School (HS) since 1997. 4. Petitioner had applied for general transfer on the special ground pertaining to dissolution of marriage. 5. Such application has been pending since 2025 . The school has not taken any decision in the matter. 2 6. Respondent no. 5 is directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner by April 30, 2026 in accordance with law. 7. If found eligible, the case of the petitioner shall be forwarded to the concerned District Inspector of Schools (SE) by the school authorities along with the application and the requisite No Objection Certificate, by May 15, 2026. 8. Temporary suspension of ‘Utsashree Portal’ will not be an impediment for the concerned authority to consider the application for transfer of the petitioner. The same shall be considered in an offline mode. 9. With these aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. 10. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. 11. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on priority basis. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.) 3