08.04.2026 46 sdas WPA 23972 of 2023 Taslema Khatun Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Ekramul Bari Sk. Imtiaj Uddin …. for the petitioner Mr. Saikat Sen …. for the State Mr. Sunit Kumar Roy …. for the SSC Ms. Koyeli Bhattacharyya Mr. Bibek Dutta …. ror the WBBSE 1. Let affidavit-of-service, as filed in Court, be kept on record. 2. In spite of service, none appears on behalf of the school authorities. 3. The petitioner is an Assistant Teacher in Nandapur Milani Balika Vidyaniketan, Purba Medinipur. Petitioner‟s application for general transfer on medical ground as well as distance has been pending before the school authorities since June 23, 2023. 4. The school authorities are directed to dispose of the said application, without taking the ground that the petitioner is a single teacher in her subject as the same has already been decided by 2 the Hon‟ble Court in Gokul Chandra Mallick vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. in MAT 1218 of 2024 and Rupak Dhua vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. In FMA 995 of 2025. 5. In view of the aforestated, responded no. 5 is directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner by April 15, 2026. In the event such application is allowed, the school authorities will immediately forward the same along with requisite “No Objection Certificate” and declaration to the respondent no. 3 within a period of two weeks from allowing the application. 6. The concerned authorities will take all consequential steps in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible. 7. The 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. 8. With the aforestated directions, the writ petition is, thus, disposed of. 9. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. 10.Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties on usual undertaking. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)