Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha & Anr. v. Chief Secretary , Govt of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords/tags: WPA 14187 of 2018; Paschim Bangal Vigyan Mancha; Chief Secretary Government of West Bengal; water body illegally filled up; change of character of land; order dated 23.2.2021; Sub-Divisional Land and Land Reforms Officer; Additional District Magistrate & District Land Reforms Officer; two months; addition of parties allowed; CAN 4 of 2023; CAN 1 of 2022; CAN 3 of 2023; WBPCB; disposed of with liberty; decided 04.01.2024; Bench: T. S. Sivagnanam (Chief Justice), Supratim Bhattacharya (Judge); Advocates: Udayan Chakravarty and Nilanjana Dasgupta for petitioners; T.M. Siddiqui and S. Adak for State; Soumya Mukherjee for WBPCB; Soumyajit Bhatta for added respondent.
What did the court decide?
Addition of parties (CAN 4 of 2023) allowed; writ petition and connected applications dealt with by disposing of the petition with liberty to the petitioners to pursue the pending proceeding before the Additional District Magistrate & District Land Reforms Officer, who is directed to decide it in accordance with law within two months from receipt of the order.