IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE RESERVED ON: 19.03.2026 DELIVERED ON: 17.04.2026 PRESENT:

THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE REETOBROTO KUMAR MITRA WPA NO. 12309 OF 2025 DR. DEBASHIS HALDER - VERSUS –

THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS.

Appearance:

Mr. Samim Ahammed, Adv.

Mr. Arka Maiti, Adv.

Ms. Gulsanwara Pervin, Adv. Ms. Saloni Bhattacharya, Adv.

Ms. Reshma Khatun, Adv.

….. for the Applicant/Petitioner Mr. Kalyan Bandopadhyay, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Pramiti Banerjee, Adv.

Mr. Arka Nag, Adv.

Mr. Debayan Sen, Adv.

Mr. Niket Ojha, Adv. ….. for the State Mr. D. N. Maiti, Adv.

Mr. A. Santra, Adv. …… for the respondent no. 5 Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.:

1. The petitioner is aggrieved that he has been transferred from the medical college of his choice in Howrah, while serving as a senior resident to Gazole, Malda.

2. The petitioner is a qualified medical practitioner, having successfully completed his post-graduate degree in Anesthesiology from the Medical College, Kolkata, which is affiliated to the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (for short, “WBUHS”). The petitioner is duly registered with the Medical Council in the batch of 2020-2023. The petitioner pa