09.04.2026 Sl. No.18 Ct. No.14 ss IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE W.P.A. No. 20196 of 2025 Rupsana Yeasmin Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury …for the Petitioner. Mr. B. P. Vaisya Mr. Ranjan Saha Mr. Gourav Das Ms. Tapati Sarkar …for the DPSC, South 24-Parganas. Mr. Ratul Biswas Mr. Kaushik Chowdhury … for the WBBPE Mr. Manish Biswas … for the State Mr. Biswabrata Basu Mallick Mr. Biman Halder Mr. Amman Arif Ansari … for the DPSC, Hooghly 1. On the prayer of the learned Advocate for the petitioner, leave is granted to implead the District Primary School Council, South 24-Parganas as added respondent no.7, in the writ petition. 2. Affidavit-of-service filed on behalf of the petitioner is taken on record. 3. By the present writ petition, the petitioner seeks for direction upon the respondent authorities to grant inter-District transfer to the petitioner from the District of Hooghly to a school in the District of South 24- Parganas on distance ground. 2 4. The petitioner contends that she joined as an Assistant Teacher in Ariya Junior Basic School, Village & P.O. Aniya, District Hooghly on 4th February, 2017. The petitioner has been confirmed in service with effect from 4th February, 2019. The house of the petitioner is situated about 107 kilometers away from her present place of posting. On 16th August, 2025 the petitioner made a representation before the authority concerned for her transfer. However, the said representation is still pending consideration. Hence, this writ petition. 5. Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury, learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the matter may be relegated to the appropriate authority for consideration of the representation of the petitioner for her transfer, in accordance with law. 6. Learned Advocates appearing on behalf of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education as well as respective District Primary School Councils, and State- respondent leave the matter to the discretion of the Court. 7. In view of the submissions advanced on behalf of the respective parties, the respondent No.2, the Secretary, West Bengal Board of Primary Education, is directed to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 16th August, 2025 and dispose of the same by passing a reasoned order, in accordance with law, upon notice to the petitioner, within a period of ten weeks from the date of communication of this order. 3 8. The reasoned order is to be communicated to the petitioner within one week from the date of passing of such order. 9. Learned advocate for the petitioner is directed to communicate this order to the respondent no.2, the Secretary, West Bengal Board of Primary Education. 10. With the above direction, the writ petition being WPA 20196 of 2025 stands disposed of. 11. Since no affidavits have been called for, the allegation made in the writ petition is deemed to be not admitted. 12. Interim order, if any, stands vacated. 13. All connected applications, if any, stand disposed of. 14. There shall be no order as to costs. 15. All concerned parties shall act in terms of the copy of the order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 16. Urgent Photostat certified copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties on compliance of all necessary legal formalities. (Bivas Pattanayak, J.)