Afsar Uddin Mondal and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: withdrawal of writ petition; liberty to refile / file a properly constituted petition; Danpatra (deed) dated 16th November, 1977; discrepancy between Bengali original and English translation; phrase 'and by establishing health centre' missing in Bangla script; translation/typing errors in old documents; Calcutta High Court; W.P.A. (P); Sujoy Paul, Chief Justice; Partha Sarathi Sen, J.; 2026. Relevance: procedural — illustrates dismissal of a writ petition as withdrawn with liberty to refile where the foundational document's translation is disputed; no substantive law decided, no precedent treatment, no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the petitioners to file a properly constituted petition along with the correctly translated document. ¶19