Item No. – 23

17.03.2025 Rohan Court No. 8 In the High Court at Calcutta Civil Appellate Jurisdiction Appellate Side MAT 114 OF 2025 with I.A. No.: CAN 1 of 2025 Saroj Kanti Bag Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury.

… for the appellant Mr. Jahar Datta, Mr. Bipin Ghosh, Ms. Susnita Saha.

… for the State Mr. Subir Sanyal, Sr. Adv., Mr. Ratul Biswas, Mr. Kaushik Chowdhury.

… for the W.B.B.P.E.

Mr. B.P. Vaisya, Mr. Gourav Das.

… for the DPSC, South 24 Parganas

1. The writ petition at the behest of the writ petitioner/appellant stood dismissed by the Single Bench after taking into account the report submitted by the District Primary School Council, South 24-

Parganas that he is not a surplus teacher.

2. At the first blush, the order appears to us to be cryptic but after inviting the counsels representing the respective parties, we do not find any infirmity and/or illegality in dismissing the writ petition for the reasons stated hereinbelow.

3. The petitioner was appointed as an Assistant Teacher in the primary school and prayed for a mutual transfer, which was eventually allowed. Subsequently, an application for transfer to a school situated within the territorial juri