31 jdt. 27.04.2026 jb. WPA 11530 of 2025 (Md. Minarul Biswas vs. State of West Bengal & Ors.) Mr. Ramdulal Manna Ms. Manju Manna (Dey) Mr. Sayan Mukherjee …. For the Petitioner Mr. Mrityunjoy Chatterjee Mr. Prem Raj Sharma …. For the Respondent Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner’s grandmother Jalson Bewa expired on 23rd September, 2003 and death certificate was issued in this regard by the concerned authority on 23rd January, 2004. Subsequently, the private respondent obtained a digitized death certificate of the same person by producing a fake and forged death certificate before the concerned authority which demonstrates the date of death as 1st September, 2002. The petitioner submitted a complaint in this regard before the concerned authority on 1st December, 2023 pursuant to which notice was issued upon the parties by the Block Development Officer, Kaliachak-I Development Block. The matter was taken up for consideration by the Block Development Officer, who by an order passed on 27th December, 2023 declared the death certificate dated 11th December, 2008 bearing registration no. DL/115 dated 13th May, 2007and the death certificate dated 26th August, 2023 bearing registration no. D/2023/429561 as void. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no further steps have been taken by the authority thereafter. 2 Upon consideration of the submission made on behalf of the parties, this Court is of the view that since the death certificates dated 11th December, 2008 and 26th August, 2023 have been declared to be void, the Block Development Officer, Kaliachak-I Development Block, being the 3rd Respondent herein, is directed to take necessary consequential steps for deletion of the said void death certificates within four weeks from the date of communication of this order, in accordance with law. The writ petition is thus disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit has been invited, allegations contained in the writ petition shall be deemed not to have been admitted. Urgent certified website copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties on compliance of requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh, J.)