April 24, 2026 (194) ARDR WPA 26739 of 2026 Basudev Pradhan Vs. The State of West Bengal & ors. Adv. Lalratan Mondal, …for the petitioner. Adv. Balaram Patra, Adv. Suvadip Bhattacharjee, …for the respondent nos.7 to 10. None appears for the State and the Panchayat despite service of notice. Affidavit in opposition filed by the private respondents and reply thereto filed by the petitioner are taken on record. The petitioner alleges that the private respondents have raised construction without obtaining sanction from the concerned Panchayat. The petitioner submitted a representation in this regard before the concerned authority on 17th May, 2024 and seeks consideration of the same. Learned counsel for the private respondents submits that the private respondents obtained sanctioned building plan for the construction raised by them. They have also applied for conversion of the classification of the land. Since the dispute between the parties is with regard to the unauthorised construction being allegedly raised by the private respondents and also as the representation submitted by the petitioners before the concerned authority is pending, the Pradhan, 1 Deshbandhu Anchal Gram Panchayt, being the 4th respondent herein, is directed to 2 consider and dispose of the same within six weeks from the date of communication of the order upon granting reasonable opportunity of hearing to all concerned including the petitioner and the private respondents, in accordance with law. The parties shall be at liberty to produce relevant documents in support of their respective contention before the authority at the time of hearing. The decision taken by the authority shall be communicated to the parties within a week thereof. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall however, be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the 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.)