13.01.2026 Ct. 3 Item No. AD 3 Saswata WPA 24159 of 2025 Ujjawal Kumar Das Chakraborty Versus Howrah Municipal Corporation & Ors. Mr. Udayan Roy Mr. Debabrata Roy Mr. Sukanta Mondal …For the petitioner Ms. Debapriya Chatterjee …For the State Mr. Rabindra Kumar Mitra …For the respondent no. 7 Mr. Sandipan Banerjee Mr. Ankit Sureka …For Howrah Municipal Corporation 1. Complaining illegal construction at premises no. 101, Laxmi Narayan Tala Road, Howrah Corporation ward no. 38, Howrah – 711 103 and failure on the part of the municipal authorities to take appropriate steps, the instant writ petition has been filed. 2. Today, Mr. Banerjee, learned advocate appearing for the Howrah Municipal Corporation on instructions submits that an inspection has already been carried on by them at the locale. A two storied building is standing without any sanctioned building plan. 3. The learned advocate appearing for the private respondents, on the other hand, would submit that there always existed a one storied structure when the private respondents had purchased the property vide sale deed (Subho saaf bikray kobala) dated 3rd March 2017. According to him, the construction on the first floor is at the 2 instance of the private respondents. In support of his contention as regards the existence of a single storied construction, he relies on the municipal assessment record for the year 2017- 18 and the copy of the Subho saaf bikray kobala, let the above documents as placed before this Court be taken on record. According to him, an application for regularization is also pending before the municipal authorities. 4. Having heard the learned advocates for the respective parties and noting the submissions of Mr. Banerjee that the municipal authorities have already inspected the property and is in the process of taking steps in the matter, I am of view that no fruitful purpose will be served in keeping the writ petition pending. 5. The writ petition is disposed of with a direction upon the municipal authorities to take appropriate steps in this matter as may be necessary in accordance with Section 177 of the Howrah Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 within four weeks from the date of communication of this order. 6. Since, no affidavit has been called for, the allegations made in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted by the respondents. 7. All parties shall act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from this Court’s official website. (Raja Basu Chowdhury, J.)