35 01.04. 2026 Ct. No. 24 Ab IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE. WPA 2292 of 2026 Pradyot Kumar Nayek Vs. The State of West Bengal and others. --------------- Mr. Shuvro Prakash Lahiri, Mr. Rajesh Naskar, Mr. Ankan Mondal. … for the petitioner. Ms. Prativa Ghatak. … for the State. Mr. Kanak Kiran Bandyopadhyay. … for the WBCSSC. 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 Lakshmijanardanpur High School, South 24- Parganas. Petitioner’s application for general transfer on the ground of distance has been pending before the school authorities since October 30, 2025. 4. The school authorities are directed to dispose of the said application, without taking the ground that the petitioner is a single teacher in his subject as the same has already been decided by the Hon’ble Court in Gokul Chandra Mallick vs. State of West 2 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 afore-stated, the respondent no. 6 is directed to dispose of the application of the petitioner by April 20, 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. 5 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, in accordance with transfer Rules and Notification dated January 3, 2022, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the application from the school. 7. 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. 8. With these aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. 9. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. 10. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if 3 applied for, be given to the parties on priority basis. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)