Bablu Maity and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
WPA 3864 of 2023 (decided 10.01.2024, Suvra Ghosh, J.), Calcutta High Court. Bablu Maity & Ors. v. The State of W.B. & Ors. Land used for construction of ring bandh without acquisition; consensual direction for direct purchase of the plot by the Executive Engineer, Kakdwip Irrigation Division, South 24 Parganas, at current market value, process to conclude within four months with hearing to all concerned; respondent nos.1 and 5 to take necessary steps. Keywords: direct purchase, ring bandh, land acquisition, current market value, Kakdwip Irrigation Division, South 24 Parganas, writ disposed, no costs. No statutes or precedents cited; no monetary amount quantified.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondents to purchase the petitioners' plot by way of direct purchase at current market value, the process to be initiated and concluded within four months of communication of the order after affording opportunity of hearing to all concerned, in accordance with law.