Nirmal Singha and Anr. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Panihati Municipality; unauthorized construction; deemed sanction; building plan never sanctioned; Section 218 West Bengal Municipal Act 1993; Section 208; restraint on sale/transfer/alienation of property; report of plots and owners; day-to-day proceedings without adjournment; interim order appeal; disposed of by consent without costs; MAT 143; WPA 24190 of 2022; Ashit Mukherjee; Nirmal Singha; State of West Bengal; High Court of Calcutta; Debangsu Basak; Md. Shabbar Rashidi.
What did the court decide?
MAT 143 of 2023 and WPA 24190 of 2022, along with connected application(s), disposed of without any order as to costs; Panihati Municipality directed to proceed under Section 218 (and not Section 208) of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 on an urgent, day-to-day basis without adjournment and conclude the exercise preferably within a fortnight; appellant restrained from selling, transferring or alienating property and directed to file a report of plots and owners, pending decision of the Section 218 issue.