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Jharna Roy and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Calcutta HC11 Jun 2025MAT/785/2025

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What is this about?

Route permit; RTA Alipore South 24 Parganas; Board meeting; vacancy notification 27.06.2024; Chowhati More to Piyarabagan via Dhamaitala; time frame for consideration; eight weeks; modification of Single Judge order dated 28.04.2025 in W.P.A. 3446 of 2025; disposal of M.A.T. 785 of 2025 with CAN 1 of 2025; expediting consideration of pending transport route permit applications by Regional Transport Authority.

What did the court decide?

Appeal and connected application disposed of; RTA, Alipore, South 24 Parganas directed to take a final decision in terms of the Single Judge's order dated 28.04.2025 in W.P.A. 3446 of 2025 within eight weeks of receipt/production of a copy of this order; Single Judge's order modified to this limited extent only. ¶14

Jharna Roy and Ors. Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether a specific time frame should be fixed for the RTA, Alipore, South 24 Parganas to take a final decision on the writ petitioners' pending route permit applications in terms of the Single Judge's order dated 28.04.2025 in W.P.A. 3446 of 2025. +1 more

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Court's answer

The order of the Hon'ble Single Judge was modified only to the limited extent of fixing the eight-week time frame for the RTA's final decision.

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Ratio / Principle

The Division Bench directed the RTA, Alipore, South 24 Parganas to take a final decision in terms of the order dated 28.04.2025 passed by the Hon'ble Single Judge in W.P.A. 3446 of 2025, within eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order before the RTA.

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M.A.T. 785 of 2025 (Jharna Roy & Ors. v. The State of West Bengal & Ors.), decided 11.06.2025 by Madhuresh Prasad and Supratim Bhattacharya, JJ. Route-permit applicants for the route Chowhati More to Piyarabagan via Dhamaitala (applications made pursuant to notification of vacancies of 27th June, 2024) had obtained from the Writ Court a direction (order dated 28.04.2025 in W.P.A. 3446 of 2025) to the RTA, Alipore, South 24 Parganas to consider their remaining pending applications, if any, in the next Board meeting. On appeal, with the State counsel unable to indicate whether or when the matter would be considered, the Division Bench modified the Single Judge's order to the limited extent of directing the RTA to take a final decision in terms of that order within eight weeks from receipt/production of a copy of the appellate order; the appeal and the connected application were disposed of accordingly.

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11.06.2025 (D/L-8) Ct. No.4 (B.K.N.)

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M.A.T. 785 of 2025 With CAN 1 of 2025

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Jharna Roy & Ors. Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors.

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Mrs. R. Chatterjee, Mr. Subhajit Chowdhury, Mrs. Jonaki Khan

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...for the Appellants

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Mr. Dipanjan Datta, Sr. Govt. Adv., Mr. Sayan Datta

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...for the State

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The writ petitioners are applicants for issuance of route permit for a route Chowhati More to Piyarabagan via Dhamaitala. The applications have been made pursuant to notification of vacancies of 27^th June, 2024. They approached the Writ court complaining that their application have not been considered. The Writ Court has passed a direction to the respondent RTA, Alipore, South 24 Parganas to consider the rest of the pending applications of the petitioners, if any in the next Board meeting.

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The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the direction has been issued for consideration in a next meeting as per convenience of the authorities. It is submitted that once the process has been initiated and the vacancies notified the convenience and

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interest of the commuting public requires that the process be taken to it’s logical conclusion.

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The learned counsel for the State submits that he has no instructions whether the issue has already been considered or as to within how much time the same can be done.

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Considering the rival submissions we consider it appropriate to specify a time frame for such consideration. We accordingly direct that the RTA, Alipore, South 24 Parganas take a final decision in terms of the order dated 28.04.2025 passed by the Hon’ble Single Judge in W.P.A. 3446 of 2025 within eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a coy of this order before the RTA. We have modified the order of the Hon’ble Single Judge to this limited extent only.

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The appeal stands disposed of in the above terms and the application is also disposed of.

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(Madhuresh Prasad, J.)

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(Supratim Bhattacharya, J.)

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