Disposed

Sukumar Maiti and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Calcutta HC4 Aug 2021WPLRT/31/2021

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Single-judge bench granted an order directing the District Land and Land Reforms Officer to dispose of a pending appeal within a specified timeline after hearing parties, while also directing the Tribunal to dispose of the main application implicitly.

What did the court decide?

Respondent no. 3 directed to dispose of Appeal Case No. 190 of 2020 on or before December 31, 2021, after giving reasonable hearing opportunities. Original application disposed of without specific ord

Sukumar Maiti and Ors. Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. — Landlord and Tenant | Calcutta HC (2021)

¶1

Dl. August 4, 7. 2021

¶2

Through Video Conference W.P.L.R.T. 31 of 2021

¶3

Mr. Ranjit Kumar Roy, …for the petitioner. Mr. Supratim Dhar, …for the State respondents.

¶4

In this writ petition, the writ petitioners have prayed for expeditious disposal of the original application being O.A. 1013 of 2021 filed before the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal, Kolkata.

¶5

It appears that the petitioners have preferred an appeal being Appeal Case No. 190 of 2020 before the appellate authority being the District Land and Land Reforms Officer, Purba Medinipur, who is the respondent no. 3 in the present writ petition, against an order dated January 21, 2020 passed by the Block Land and Land Reforms Officer, Moyna, Purba Medinipur, in Case No. 1 of 2020.

¶6

It is submitted on behalf of the writ petitioners that the appellate authority did not fix any date for hearing of the appeal. Being aggrieved, the writ petitioners have approached the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal, Kolkata.

¶7

It appears that the original application appeared before the Second Bench of the tribunal on April 20, 2021 and the tribunal fixed the matter for hearing on December 21, 2021. Under such circumstances, prayer is made for expeditious disposal of O.A. 1013 of 2021.

¶8

We have heard Mr. Ranjit Kumar Roy, learned

¶9

¶10

advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mr. Supratim Dhar, learned advocate appearing on behalf of the State respondents. In the interest of justice, we feel that justice will be subserved if the respondent no. 3 is directed to dispose of the Appeal Case No. 190 of 2020 pending before him.

¶11

Accordingly, the respondent no. 3, being the District Land and Land Reforms Officer, Purba Medinipur, is directed to dispose of Appeal Case No. 190 of 2020, after giving reasonable opportunities of hearing to the parties and by passing a reasoned order thereon, on or before December 31, 2021. The respondent no. 3 shall communicate his decision to the parties within a week from the date of taking his decision.

¶12

In view of the order, as aforesaid, nothing remains to be decided in the original application filed before the tribunal and the same being O.A. 1013 of 2021 is accordingly disposed of.

¶13

The Legal Remembrancer, West Bengal, is directed to regularise the appointment of Mr. Supratim Dhar, learned advocate appearing on behalf of the State.

¶14

The writ petition is, thus, disposed of without any order

¶15

as to costs.

¶16

Office is directed to communicate this order to the Second Bench of West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal, Kolkata, immediately.

¶17

( Soumen Sen, J. )

¶18

( Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J. )

¶19

dns

¶20

Sukumar Maiti and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Sukumar Maiti and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

What the court decided

A compact analysis

Issues for consideration

Statutes considered

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Subal Chandra Singha and Ors. Vs State of West Bengal and Ors.

Gour Mondal and Ors. Vs State of West Bengal and Ors.

Jadav Das and Others Vs State of West Bengal and Ors.

Subhendu Sinha Roy Vs Swapan Chakraborty

M/S. Chandmani Tea Company Ltd. & Anr. Vs State of West Bengal & Ors.

Dr. Madhumita Bhattacharyya Vs Union of India &Ors