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Prasenjit Chowdhury v. the State of West Bengal and Ors.

Calcutta HC7 Jul 2025WPA/3631/2025

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Calcutta High Court; WPA 3631 of 2025; Prasenjit Chowdhury v. State of West Bengal; land acquisition; unauthorised utilisation of land without compensation; C.S. Plot No. 981 / L.R. Plot No. 1028; Mouza-Rajapur; South 24-Parganas; representation dated 20.12.2024; Special Land Acquisition Officer report dated 30.04.2025; six land acquisition cases; land handed over to requiring body; compensation received by successors of recorded owners; writ petition dismissed; no order as to costs; Partha Sarathi Sen, J.; decided 07.07.2025.

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This Court found no merit in the writ petition, since sufficient materials had been placed before it establishing that the subject land was acquired in accordance with law. ¶¶19

Prasenjit Chowdhury Vs the State of West Bengal and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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07.07.2025 Sl. No.20 AMR Ct.No.-19

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In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side

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WPA No. 3631 of 2025

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Prasenjit Chowdhury Vs.

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The State of West Bengal & Ors.

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Mr. Bharat Chandra Simai

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...for the petitioner

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Mr. Ayan Chakraborty Ms. Sohini Mukherjee

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…for the Respondent no. 3

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Mr. Chandi Charan De, Ld. AGP Mr. Anirban Sarkar

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…for the State

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By filing the instant writ petition, the writ petitioner has prayed for issuance of appropriate writ/writs against the respondent authorities commanding them for considering the representation of the writ petitioner as submitted on 20.12.2024 2. It is submitted on behalf of the writ petitioner that it is the specific case of the writ petitioner that in respect of C.S. Plot No. 981 renumbered as L.R. Plot No. 1028 in Mouza-Rajapur, District – South 24-

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Parganas, the respondent authorities have utilized a substantial portion of the aforementioned land of the writ petitioner without initiating any process of acquisition and without disbursement of any compensation.

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It is, thus, submitted that appropriate relief/reliefs may be granted to the writ petitioner in terms of the prayers made in the instant writ petition. 4. Per contra, Mr. De, learned AGP appearing on behalf of the respondent/State submits a report dated 30.04.2025 as prepared by the Special Land Acquisition Officer, South 24-Parganas which is taken on record.

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It is submitted by Mr. De that from the report dated 30.04.2025, it would reveal that in respect of the aforementioned plot in the aforementioned Mouza total six numbers of land acquisition cases were initiated and after completion of acquisition, the said acquired land has already handed over to the requiring body.

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It is further submitted by Mr. De that from the said report, it would reveal further that the compensation in respect of the said acquired land has already been received by the successors of the then recorded owners of the said acquired land.

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In view of such submission, this Court finds no merit in the instant writ petition, since sufficient materials have been placed before this Court that the aforementioned land was acquired in accordance with law and compensation has already been disbursed to the successors in interest of the then recorded owners. 8. With these aforesaid observations, the writ petition being WPA 3631 of 2025 is dismissed.

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There shall be no order as to costs.

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Urgent photostat certified copy of this order be given to the parties upon compliance of all legal formalities.

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(Partha Sarathi Sen, J.)

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