Nabanita Malik v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Transfer of teacher/employee on medical ground; direction to issue no objection and forward transfer application in prescribed format; Bansberia Girls High School, Hooghly; District Inspector of Schools (SE) Hooghly; West Bengal Central School Service Commission; medical report by Chief Medical Officer of Health/Medical Board; long distance journey; portal suspension not a ground for rejection; writ petition disposed of; W.P.A. 9960 of 2025; order dated 20.06.2025; Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: respondent no. 7 (Headmistress) to issue 'no objection' within 7 days and forward the transfer application to respondent no. 5 (DIOS, SE Hooghly) in offline mode; respondent no. 5 to obtain a medical report from the CMOH/Medical Board within a fortnight and, if the transfer is justified, forward the papers to respondent no. 3 (Chairman, WBCSSC), who is to decide the application in accordance with law within 4 weeks and communicate the decision within 10 days; suspension of the portal shall not be a ground to reject the application.