Sk. Asikur Hossain and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Unauthorised construction; writ petition dismissed for statutory alternative remedy under Wakf Act, 1995; immovable property within Gram Panchayat jurisdiction; concerned Sub-Divisional Officer directed to decide validity and legality of construction with opportunity of hearing to both sides, six-week timeline, reasoned order; Court did not pronounce finally on existence of unauthorised construction, points kept open; disposed of without costs; West Bengal; FMA/375/2025; WPA 29669 of 2024; order dated January 16, 2025; Gram Panchayat Pradhan and Block Land and Land Reforms Officer reports.
What did the court decide?
FMA/375/2025 and connected applications disposed of without any order as to costs; the concerned Sub-Divisional Officer directed to decide the alleged unauthorised construction after hearing both sides, within six weeks from communication of the order, by a reasoned order, with all points kept open.