Bimal Chandra Maity @ Bimal Kumar Maity v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Record-of-rights correction refused; status quo order by West Bengal Land Reforms & Tenancy Tribunal in O.A. No. 2828 of 2025; alleged encroachment/dispossession despite Tribunal order; maintainability of Article 226 writ where Tribunal remedy exists; police inaction on complaint; remedy under Section 175 BNSS before jurisdictional Magistrate; police surveillance and protection directions; WPA 2228 of 2026; Suvra Ghosh, J.; disposed of February 10, 2026; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: petitioner at liberty to approach the Tribunal to ventilate grievances; petitioner to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate under Section 175 BNSS regarding the unacted complaint; police to continue surveillance in the area and render necessary assistance/protection to the petitioner as and when sought; no order as to costs.