20.07.2026 M/L 45 Ct No. 3 SG WPA 13754 of 2026 Sk. Alauddin Vs The State of West Bengal & Ors. Ms. Pampa Dey (Dhabal), Ms. Sangita Banerjee. …for the petitioner Mr. Alak Kr. Ghosh, Ms. Sima Chakraborty. …for the KMC Mr. Indrajit Bhattacharjee. …for respondent nos. 9 to 14 1. Affidavit-of-service filed in Court is taken on record. 2. Complaining illegal and unauthorized construction over a water body at the behest of the private respondent nos. 9 to 14 at LR Plot No. 85 and 86, Mouza – Garden Reach, Sheet No. 61 under KMC Ward No. 139, Police Station – Rajabagan, Kolkata – 700018 being municipal premise no. E/3, Circular Garden Reach Road, Kolkata – 700024 and the failure on the part of the municipal authorities to resist such illegal construction, the instant writ petition has been filed. 3. Having heard the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties and noting that a 2 representation has been made alleging illegal construction in the form of filling up of water body, I am of the view that the concerned Municipal Commissioner who has been conferred with the powers under the West Bengal Inland Fisheries Act, 1984 shall hear out and dispose of the petitioner’s representation in accordance with law by passing a reasoned order upon giving opportunity of hearing to all the interested parties. 4. Since no affidavits have been called for from the respondents, the allegations made in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted by the respondents. 5. With the above directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. 6. There shall be no order as to costs. 7. Let urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties on usual undertaking. (Raja Basu Chowdhury, J.)