Asit Paul v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Teacher-transfer appeal decided 02.07.2025: FMA 524 of 2024 with CAN 1 of 2024, Asit Paul (appellant; advocates Shuvro Prokash Lahiri, Rajesh Naskar, Ankan Mondal) v. The State of West Bengal & Ors. (Sourav Mitra for the C.S.S.C.). Refusal to transfer a single subject teacher for want of a local arrangement held no longer a valid ground, following Shyama Prasad Roy (MAT 488 of 2025, 9th June 2025) and Gokul Chandra Mallick (MAT 1218 of 2024, 8th August 2024, Coordinate Bench of Justice Harish Tandon, now Chief Justice of the High Court of Orissa). Directions: D.I. of Schools (S.E.), Purba Bardhaman to allow transfer applications of 14th August 2021 and 2nd July 2022 per notification dated 3rd January 2022 within six months; respondents to fill the resultant vacancy; impugned order set aside; appeal and application allowed and disposed of; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order set aside; transfer applications of 14 August 2021 and 2 July 2022 to be allowed by the D.I. of Schools (S.E.), Purba Bardhaman in terms of the notification dated 3rd January, 2022 within six months; respondents to fill the resultant vacancy; no order as to costs.