Saisuddin Sk v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Land acquisition compensation case: modification of writ directions substituting the direct purchase policy for fresh acquisition proceedings under the 2013 Act; four-month payment deadline with automatic recall of the modified order and revival of the paragraph 23 directions of the 9th September, 2024 order on default; Act-I of 1894 Collectors and Murshidabad Special/Additional Land Acquisition Officers as applicants; contempt application CPAN 1147 of 2025 sent out of list with liberty; WPA 7379 of 2015; Saisuddin Sk. v. Rajarshi Mitra; Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.
What did the court decide?
CAN 1 of 2025 disposed of by modifying the order dated 9th September, 2024: the applicants must complete the direct purchase policy process and release payment within four months, failing which the modified order automatically stands recalled and the paragraph 23 directions of the 9th September order revive; the contempt application goes out of list at present with liberty to the petitioner.