11.02.2026 Item No.2 Court No.37 CHC In The High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA (H) 11 of 2026 Asit Bir Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sovan Bera, Advocate Ms. Puja Beriwal, Advocate …for the petitioner Mr. Swapan Kumar Dutta, Ld. G.P. Mr. Biplab Guha, Advocate …for the State 1. Petition is at the behest of the father of minor. 2. State recovered the minor. Police produced the minor before jurisdictional Child Welfare Committee. Such Child Welfare Committee placed the minor at a Home. 3. Petitioner is therefore, aware of the location of the minor. 4. Materials placed before us suggest that, it would be appropriate for the Child Welfare Committee to decide on the custody of the minor. 5. Petitioner is at liberty to approach the jurisdictional Child Welfare Committee for custody of the minor. On such approach being made, the jurisdictional Child Welfare Committee will consider the same in accordance with law without being prejudiced by any of the observations made by us in this order. 2 6. WPA (H) 11 of 2026 is disposed of without any order as to costs. (Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)