12.08.2025 (S/L 1-2) Ct.-17 (Susanta Samar) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION WPA 2328 of 2022 I.A. No. CAN 1 of 2024 Subhajyoti Basu & Ors. -Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors. with WPA 2063 of 2022 I.A. No. CAN 3 of 2023 CAN 5 of 2024 CAN 8 of 2024 Durga Adhikari & Ors. -Vs- State of West Bengal & Ors. (Assigned) Mr. Samim Ahammed, Ms. Ambiya Khatun, …for the petitioners in WPA 2328 of 2022. Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay, Ld. Sr. St. Counsel, Mr. Ansar Mandal, Ld, AGP, Mr. Biswabrata Basu Mallick, Ld. AGP, Mr. Debangsu Dinda, Mr. Arka Kumar Nag, Mr. Tanweer J. Mondal, ….for the State. Mr. Kumar Jyoti Tewari, Sr. Adv Ms. Amrita Paney, …. for the Union of India. Mr. Arjun Ray Mukherjee, (V.C.) ….for the Amicus Curiae. Mr. Subhas Dutta, ….appearing in person. Re: WPA 2063 of 2022 None appears on behalf of the petitioners in W.P.A 2063 of 2022. No accommodation is prayed for. W.P.A 2063 of 2022 along with connected applications being CAN 3 of 2023, CAN 5 of 2024, CAN 8 of 2024 are dismissed for default without any order as costs. Re: WPA 2328 of 2022 Mr. Kumar Jyoti Tewari, learned senior advocate for the Union of India submits that the 2 State, in its report, has disclosed that there are 27 registered homestays within the Buxa Tiger Reserve Area but the website maintained by the Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal is displaying the names of 74 homestays in the said area, which suggests that the State has not disclosed the correct figure of unauthorized homestays operating in the Buxa Tiger Reserve Area. Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay, learned Senior Standing Counsel submits that there are errors in uploading the names of the homestays in the said website, to rectify it, the Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Tourism Department, has issued a letter dated July 30, 2025 to the Director of NIC (WB). Matter will be taken up for further consideration on August 22, 2025 at 2.00 p.m., list it accordingly. It is made clear that pendency of the writ petition shall not be a bar to execute the impugned judgment and order dated May 13, 2022 passed by the National Green Tribunal in O.A No. 136 of 2017 and in the connected application being M.A. 191 of 2017. Parties to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties, subject to compliance of all requisite formalities. (Biswajit Basu, J.)