Three writ petitions by petitioners questioning election security measures were disposed of as infructuous after respondent authorities provided assessment reports indicating threats were justified and additional security would suffice.
Writ petitions disposed of as infructuous. No order as to costs.
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S/l - 7, 8 & 9 Ct No.9 23.02.2022 TN
WPA No.3191 of 2022
Rakesh Kumar Singh
Vs.
The State of West Bengal and others
With
WPA No.3193 of 2022
Gopal Kumar Shaw Vs.
The State of West Bengal and others
With
WPA No.3196 of 2022
Ramesh Shaw
Vs.
The State of West Bengal and others
(Via Video Conference)
Mr. Vikash Singh, Mr. Rahul Sharma
…. for the petitioners in all the matters
Mr. S. N. Mookherjee, Mr. Anirban Ray, Mr. Raja Saha, Mr. Debasish Ghosh, Mr. Nilotpal Chatterjee
…. for the State in all the matters
Learned Advocate General, appearing for the respondent-authorities, submits an assessment report prepared by the concerned Commissioner of Police
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(Barrackpore Police Commissionerate), which indicates that the threat perception of the petitioners in each of the matters, is justified and providing additional security cover for each of them would suffice in taking care of such apprehension.
In view of the petitioners’ grievances in the writ petitions having been substantially mitigated by such stand being taken by the respondent-authorities, nothing remains for further adjudication in the present writ petitions.
Accordingly, WPA No.3191 of 2022, WPA No.3193 of 2022 and WPA No.3196 of 2022 are disposed of as infructuous.
In the event any violation of the election norms takes place in the perception of the petitioners, it will be open to the petitioners to approach the appropriate authorities and/or the Election Commission with such grievances.
There will be no order as to costs.
Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be made available to the parties upon compliance with the requisite formalities.
(Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.)
Rakesh Kumar Singh
Gopal Kumar Shaw
Ramesh Shaw
The State of West Bengal
Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya
As recorded by the court registry
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