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Ct.5.
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE
WPA 21482 of 2025
Ananya Maity Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Mr. Gobinda Chandra Baidya
Mr. Provash Mondal
Mr. Aminul Islam
… For the petitioner.
Mr. Nilotpal Chatterjee
Mr. Saptak Sanyal
… For the State.
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Roy, Sr. Advocate
Mr. Ankit Sureka
Mr. Biplob Das
… For the respondent no.3.
Mr. Srijan Nayak
Mrs. Rituparna Maitra
… For the respondent nos. 5 & 6
1. Affidavit of service filed in Court is taken on record.
2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the steps taken by the Returning Officer to retain the names of the members in the final voters list published in respect of the election of Board of Directors which has since been concluded during the pendency of the writ petition on 15th September, 2025.
3. Having heard the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties and noting that the election has already been concluded, without going into any of the
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issues, I am of the view that having regard to the specific provisions contained in Section 3(35) of the West Bengal Cooperative Election Commission Regulation, 2012, it shall not be prudent to entertain the writ petition and the same is accordingly dismissed.
4. Dismissal of the aforesaid writ petition shall, however, not interfere with the rights of the petitioner to raise an election dispute before the Cooperative Election Commission, West Bengal, provided, such dispute is raised within a period of 10 days from the date of receipt of the server copy of this order.
(Raja Basu Chowdhury, J.)