Court No. 10 (1629) 23.07.2026 (JPD 14) (S. Banerjee) Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Side WPA 1283 of 2026 Mamataj Arefin Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Ms. Suman Sehanabis Ms. Rajashree Mukherjee … for the petitioner Mr. Dipankar Sen Mr. Samar Rakshit … for the State Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today be kept with the record. On the prayer of the learned advocate appearing for the petitioner leave is granted to the learned advocate-on-record of the petitioner to add the District Project Officer, Jalpaiguri Sadar, ICDS Project as a party- respondent in this writ petition, here and now. The petitioner alleges that being aggrieved by the non supply of reply to the application under Section 6 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the petitioner has 2 approached the first appellate authority by preferring an appeal under Section 19 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 by an appeal petition dated February 20, 2026. Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that no decision has been communicated by the appellate authority till date Heard the learned advocate appearing for the State. The District Project Officer, Jalpaiguri Sadar, ICDS Project, being the added respondent, is directed to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner under Section 19 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 as expeditiously as possible but positively within a period of six weeks from the receipt of a server copy of this order together with a copy of the appeal petition dated February 20, 2026. (Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.)