Tapas Paul v. Howrah Zilla Parishad & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Howrah Zilla Parishad; District Engineer order dated December 07, 2018; demolition/removal of deviated portion of building; building plan sanctioned February 01, 2016 (G+4); Section 160A West Bengal Panchayat Act 1973 (effective November 09, 2017) applicability contested; regularisation of minor deviations; representation before District Engineer as 5th respondent; reasonable opportunity of hearing to all concerned; WPA No. 2556 of 2019 Sri Kalyan Ghosh; WPA No. 1688 of 2019 Tapas Paul & Ors.; writ petitions disposed of 25.01.2024; Suvra Ghosh J; no order as to costs.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions and the connected application disposed of: liberty granted to the petitioners in WPA No. 1688 of 2019 to submit a representation for regularisation before the District Engineer, Howrah Zilla Parishad (5th respondent) within two weeks; the 5th respondent directed to consider and dispose of it within four weeks upon hearing all concerned in accordance with law; decision to be communicated within a week; no order as to costs; allegations deemed not admitted as no affidavit invited.