04. 04. 13.08.2026 (D/L) (D/L) CT. NO. 05 CT. NO. 05 (ARPAN-A.R.CT.) In The High Court at Calcutta CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT Jurisdiction (Appellate Side) W.P.A. 17866 OF 2026 JITEN SARKAR VS. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS …………… Mr. Sudip Sarkar, Adv. …For Petitioner Ms. Suchitra Sinha Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Chiranjit Pal, Adv. …For State Mr. Asraf Mandal, Adv. …For Respondent No.6 Mr. Nilanjan Adhikary, Adv. Ms. S. Dey, Adv. Ms. Madhuma Ganguly, Adv. …For Respondent No.9 1. Affidavit-of-service filed on behalf of petitioner is taken on record. 2. By presenting this writ petition prayer is made upon the concerned police authority to provide protection which would facilitate petitioner to have peaceful possession over the land in question. 3. It is submitted on behalf of petitioner that petitioner has right to enjoy peaceful possession over the land in question. 4. State respondents and private respondents are represented by learned advocates. 5. Learned advocates representing private respondents have disputed the submission made on behalf of petitioner and private respondents lay claim over the same plot of land. 6. From the respective submissions made on behalf of parties, it appears that issue involved in this writ [2] petition is civil in nature requiring petitioner to approach appropriate forum. Police authority is not the appropriate authority to decide inter se right of the parties over the land in question. 7. Hence, writ petition is not interfered with and same stands dismissed. 8. Parties to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this court. (SAUGATA BHATTACHARYYA, J.)