Molina Chakraborty v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
WPA 24094 of 2025 | Smt. Molina Chakraborty vs State of West Bengal & Ors. | Maheshtala Municipality | water connection application dated 22.04.2024 | municipal inaction in considering application | direction to consider within 30 days with appropriate hearing and reasoned order in accordance with law | connection within 7 days thereafter if legal requirements met | writ application disposed of | connected applications disposed | interim order vacated | Subhendu Banerjee for petitioner | Raghunath Chakraborty, Mohana Das, Rahul Singh for Maheshtala Municipality | Shampa Dutt (Paul), J. | order dated 07.04.2026
What did the court decide?
Directions to the respondent/Municipality: consider the petitioner's 22.04.2024 water-connection application within 30 days from the date of the order, after giving an appropriate hearing to the parties, and pass a reasoned order in accordance with law; if the application accords with law and all legal requirements are met, provide the water connection within seven days thereafter. All connected applications (if any) stand disposed of; interim order(s), if any, stand vacated.