Ruma Sarkar v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
MAT 1208 of 2025, Ruma Sarkar Vs. State of West Bengal and others (with I.A. No. CAN 1 of 2025) — transfer of primary teacher on medical grounds before five years of service; distance/travel difficulty as additional ground; Transfer Rules clarified; Utsashree Portal online/off-line application direction; Suvadip Ghorai (MAT 782 of 2023, decided 24.08.2023) relied on; counsel for WBBPE and DPSC Nadia; Bench: Rajasekhar Mantha, J. and Rai Chattopadhyay, J.; order dated 17.07.2026.
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed of permitting the appellant/petitioner to apply for transfer online through the Utsashree Portal, or off-line within seven days if the Portal malfunctions, such application to be dealt with by the respondents' hierarchy; Transfer Rules clarified to permit transfer applications on listed medical grounds before expiry of five years of service; connected pending application (I.A. No. CAN 1 of 2025) also disposed of; no order as to costs; parties to act on a server copy downloaded from the official website.