KOLKATA: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in Calcutta High Court challenging the transfers of bureaucrats and police officers of the West Bengal cadre ordered by the Election Commission of India (ECI) since the Model Code of Conduct came into force from Sunday.
The PIL was filed at a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court in the run up to the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in the state next month.
On behalf of the petitioner, Arka Nag, the PIL was filed by four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member and senior advocate, Kalyan Banerjee.
In his PIL filed at the Division Bench of Calcutta High Court’s Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, Banerjee, on behalf of the petitioner, had specially objected to transfers of persons in the topmost ranks in the general and police administration like chief secretary, state home secretary, state director general of police, additional director general (law & order) and the commissioner of Kolkata Police, among others.