Jahedin Mondal v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court writ disposal directing Gram Panchayat Pradhan to act on complaint of unauthorised construction on agricultural land. Keywords: WPA 3850 of 2025; Jahedin Mondal v. State of West Bengal; Moregram Gram Panchayet; Pradhan respondent no. 6; co-sharer land dispute; illegal and unauthorised construction; demolition of illegal construction; plot no. 435 Mouza Nazana; agricultural land classification; representation dated 2nd January 2025 and 26th May 2023; inspection report sketch map; reasoned order within a week; Section 23 West Bengal Panchayat Act; three-month completion timeline; Sagardighi Police Station OC report 3rd March 2025; interim orders vacated; allegations deemed not admitted; merits not gone into; disposed 20.08.2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions to respondent no. 6 (Pradhan, Moregram Gram Panchayet) to cause an inspection of the property with report and sketch map handed to the parties, hear the parties upon notice, dispose of the petitioner's representation by a reasoned order communicated within a week, take the proceedings to their logical conclusion in terms of Section 23 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, and complete the entire exercise within three months of communication of the order; connected applications, if any, dismissed; interim orders, if any, vacated; no order as to costs; petitioner's advocate to communicate the order to respondent no. 6.