17TH JULY, 2026 Item no.D/L 16 Court No. 24 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA 17118 of 2026 In the matter of: Kazi Sahid Hoque …. Petitioner VS. The State of West Bengal & Ors. ….Respondents For the Petitioner: Mr. Samrat Choudhury Mr. Abhijit Bhattacharyya ….Advocates For the State: Mr. Billwadal Bhattacharya, Ld. AAG Mr. Debanjan Mukherjee Ms. Mousomee Shome ….Advocates 1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed seeking permission for organizing a public meeting on 18th July, 2026 at 3.00P.M at Kusumgram Bazar Taxi Stand, Purba Bardhaman. 3. Learned AAG relies upon the instruction forwarded by the Inspector- in-Charge, Monteswar Police Station, Purba Bardhaman signed on 16th July, 2026 wherein it has been mentioned that the police have no objection, in principle, to hold peaceful public meeting provided the same is organized at a suitable venue where public safety, traffic management and convenience are not adversely affected. 4. The police do not have any objection and permission may be granted if the petitioner holds the proposed meeting at Kusumgram Veler Math, situated approximately 400 meters away from the originally proposed venue. Page 2 5. The venue proposed by the police is an open ground of adequate capacity where various political, social, cultural and other non- political public programmes have been organized on numerous occasions. 6. As the request of the petitioner for granting permission has been allowed, however, with a shift in the venue of the meeting, accordingly, it will be open for the petitioner to hold meeting at the proposed venue. 7. The petitioner will be obliged to follow all other statutory formalities required for holding the public meeting. 8. The instruction forwarded by the Inspector-in-Charge Monteswar Police Station, Purba Bardhaman is taken on record. 9. The writ petition stands disposed of. 10. Parties to act on the basis of the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 11. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Amrita Sinha, J.)