Why my transistor is heating up to failure

Solution
That 741 is to be configured as a Comparator and NOT as a Linear amplifier.
Obviously, the transistor is operating in a Linear mode and not as a Switch.
It will heat up and fail.
Then please suggest me the modification for proper working of the ckt..
The 100k resistor should be connected between the non-inverting input and the output of the op-amp, instead of between the inverting input and the output.

Also the minimum output voltage of the 741 may be too high, which would cause the transistor to be conducting some current when it was supposed to be off. You should add a 470 Ohm resistor between the base and emitter of the transistor.

There is no decoupling capacitor, and there is the risk that the op-amp is oscillating.

The 741 was invented in 1968, so the design is 56 years old. Unsurprisingly, there are now better op-amps available.
 
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