Santanu Bharasa and Ors. v. the State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Santanu Bharasa and Ors. v. The State of West Bengal and Ors., WPLRT 121 of 2025, decided 12.08.2025 by Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J. and Uday Kumar, J. Direction to West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal to expedite disposal of long-pending OA No. 456 of 2012 (LRTT), pending thirteen years, preferably by end of December 2025. Counsel: Supratim Dhar, Sr. Adv. and Shantimoy Bhattacharya for the State. Keywords: writ petition, LRTT, tribunal delay, pendency, expedition, mandamus-like direction, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ disposed of with a direction to the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal to dispose of OA No. 456 of 2012 (LRTT) as expeditiously as possible, preferably by the end of December, 2025; no order as to costs; parties to act on server copy downloaded from the official website of the court.