Kolkata, March 31 -- Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed the PIL filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha member and advocate Kalyan Banerjee against transfers of IAS, IPS and other officials in West Bengal.

Banerjee had filed a PIL against the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s notification for the transfer of the Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, Director General of Police (DGP) and certain District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police.

The two-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Partha Sarathi Sen, noted that there was no vacuum in administration as the newly appointed officials took positions in place of the transferred officials. The court said, "if officers are transferred for a short time, i.e. till ...