M/S. Dynamic Villa Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs and Ors.
Mutation – Assessment records of South Dum Dum Municipality
Case brief
What is this about?
WPA 8325 of 2025, decided 20.06.2025 (Kausik Chanda, J.): mutation of municipal assessment records; South Dum Dum Municipality; mutation in favour of respondent nos. 8 to 23 set aside as based on mistaken assumption of prior recording in land records; concession that names never recorded in land records of Block Land & Land Reforms Officer, Barrackpore (II); middleman engaged for mutation; petitioners claiming title through registered sale deeds; recall and fresh reconsideration of both sides' mutation applications after opportunity of hearing; completion within three months; no opinion expressed on merits; fresh order to be uninfluenced by judgment observations; disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of: the mutation in favour of respondent nos. 8 to 23 in the assessment records of South Dum Dum Municipality is set aside; the Municipality is directed to recall the mutation, afford hearing to both sides, allow production of documents, re-examine the mutation applications afresh in accordance with law and complete the exercise within three months, without being influenced by any observations in the judgment.