Dulan Mohanta v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Calcutta High Court, WPA(P) 48 of 2026 (order-sheet date 14.07.2026): PIL by Dulan Mohanta against the State of West Bengal seeking stoppage of filling of his pond (Dag No.1356, 51 sataks) dismissed on the ground that the petitioner's private interest is involved and no interference is called for; antecedents: earlier PIL WPA(P) 26 of 2025 disposed 27.02.2025 permitting representation to the District Land and Land Reforms Officer, who refused the claim by order dated 24.09.2025; dismissal without costs, liberty reserved to challenge the DLLRO order before the competent forum. Relevant searches: PIL maintainability, private interest vs public interest, pond/land filling and dispossession, DLLRO representation and refusal, WPA(P) Calcutta High Court.
What did the court decide?
None; the writ petition is dismissed with no order as to costs, while expressly preserving the petitioner's liberty to challenge the District Land and Land Reforms Officer's order before the competent forum, if so advised and in accordance with law.