Balendra Nath Majumdar v. State of West Bengal and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge writ disposal (WPA/15592/2026, Partha Sarathi Sen, J., order dated 20.07.2026): Balendra Nath Majumdar v. State of West Bengal; permission to gift leasehold rights over Salt Lake Plot No.219, Block-BB, Sector-I, Kolkata-700064 to son Indrajit Majumdar; representation dated 16.04.2026 to Land Manager, Bidhannager, Dept. of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs; writ disposed by directing Respondent No.2 to consider the representation within 15 working days of service of server copy, with hearing, reasoned order in accordance with law, communication by Speed Post/Special Messenger, completion by last day of August 2026, peremptory and mandatory timeline; merits not decided, all points kept open; pleadings deemed denied; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Respondent No.2 authority (Land Manager, Bidhannager) to consider the writ petitioner's representation dated 16.04.2026 positively within 15 working days from communication of the server copy of the order, after giving due opportunity of hearing to the writ petitioner and/or his authorised representative, to pass a reasoned order in accordance with law and forthwith communicate it by Speed Post or Special Messenger; the entire exercise to be completed by the last day of August, 2026, the time limit being peremptory and mandatory.