S M Farooque @ Sk MD Farooque Bhati v. Kolkata Municipal Corporation and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Kolkata Municipal Corporation amalgamation of premises Nos. 92A/92B, Jamunalal Bajaj Street, Ward No. 42, Barabazar; sanctioned plan for multi-storied building; adjacent plot owner petitioner; representations unanswered; writ petition disposed of with direction to respondent No. 4 to consider representations within two months with hearing and reasoned order; no statute or precedent cited; no merits decision on amalgamation or building plan.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No. 4 to consider the petitioner's representations (page 24 of the writ petition) within two months from communication of the order, affording the petitioner and all interested parties an opportunity of hearing, and to pass and communicate a reasoned order forthwith thereafter. ¶14