Rita Manna and Ors. v. the West Bengal Valuation Board and Ors.

Calcutta HC18 Mar 2026MAT/1768/2024

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What is this about?

West Bengal Valuation Board; second valuation; MAT 1768 of 2024; CAN 1 of 2024; WPA 17924 of 2007; objection dated January 13, 2007; Annexure-P/3; valuation increased within one year without addition or alteration; measurements by competent officer; remand to writ court for fresh hearing; affidavit-in-opposition within four weeks; liberty to mention for urgent hearing; Shampa Sarkar J.; Ajay Kumar Gupta J.

What did the court decide?

Appeal and connected application (CAN 1 of 2024) disposed of by remanding the matter to the writ court for fresh hearing; respondents directed to file affidavit-in-opposition within four weeks and reply within two weeks thereafter; liberty to mention for urgent hearing. ¶¶16

Rita Manna and Ors. Vs the West Bengal Valuation Board and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the appeal court could decide the matter when the writ court had not considered the factual issue of the valuation being increased within one year without any addition or alteration to the property.

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Court's answer

The factual aspect regarding the increase in valuation within one year without addition or alteration to the property cannot be looked into by the appeal court, as the writ court had not considered this issue.

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Ratio / Principle

The appeal is disposed of by remanding the matter to the writ court for fresh hearing.

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Key takeaways

The matter cannot be heard without affidavits; the concerned respondents are to file their affidavit-in-opposition to the writ petition within four weeks, with any reply within two weeks thereafter, and the appellants have liberty to mention for urgent hearing.ratio¶¶17

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Division Bench (Shampa Sarkar and Ajay Kumar Gupta, JJ.) disposed of MAT 1768 of 2024 with CAN 1 of 2024, which challenged a learned Single Judge's direction in WPA 17924 of 2007 requiring respondent no.2, the Secretary, West Bengal Valuation Board, to dispose of the appellants' objection dated January 13, 2007 (Annexure-P/3). Noting the appellants' contention that disposal of the objection would serve no purpose since the authority of respondent no.2 to publish a second valuation was itself under challenge, and that their factual objection — the valuation having been further increased within one year without any addition or alteration to the property — had not been considered by the writ court, the Bench held that this factual aspect cannot be looked into by the appeal court. The appeal was disposed of by remanding the matter to the writ court for fresh hearing; the concerned respondents were directed to file their affidavit-in-opposition within four weeks, reply within two weeks thereafter, with liberty to mention for urgent hearing.

Rita Manna and Ors. v. the West Bengal Valuation Board and Ors.

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