SUBHASH SAMANTA v. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS.
WPA/23604/2025 · 2026-07-08
Suvra Ghosh
body2025
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[ 2025 DAILYLAW 3096 (CAL) · dailylaw.ai ]
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44 0088..0077..22002266 Ct. No.15 b.das
WPA 23604 of 2025
Subhash Samanta
Vs.
The State of W.B. & Ors.
Mr. Salil Kumar Maiti Mr. Dyutiman Banerjee Ms. Dolon Samanta Mr. Debjit Dutta …for the petitioner.
Mr. Suman Basu Mr. Abdul Murshid Mr. Subhajit Das …for the private respondent.
Mr. Dibashis Basu Ms. Sneha Dutta Ms. Snigdha Das
…for the State.
The petitioner alleges that the private respondents have raised unauthorized construction without obtaining sanction from the concerned authority within the jurisdiction of industrial planning area managed and controlled by Haldia Development Authority in respect of which the concerned Panchayat Samiti is competent to sanction a building plan. This Court is informed that sanctioned building plan has been granted in favour of the 9th respondent in respect of the plot in question on 22nd January, 2025 by the Pradhan, Garkamalpur Gram Panchayat, being the 5th respondent herein. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Pradhan is not the authority to grant such sanction for the construction within the jurisdiction of industrial planning
2 area managed and controlled by Haldia Development Authority and the Panchayat Samiti is the competent authority to grant such sanction. In the event the petitioner is aggrieved by grant of sanction in favour of the 9th respondent, he is at liberty to approach the appropriate forum for redressal of his grievance. In view of grant of sanctioned building plan in favour of the 9th respondent herein, nothing further remains to be dealt with in the present application the same is accordingly disposed of. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh, J.)