31.08.2026 rc/ct.no.15 Item No.25 WPA No. 22755 of 2026 Bandita Mondal Versus The State of West Bengal & Ors. Adv. Mahendra Nath Sarkar ..for the petitioner Adv. Tapasi Palit Sinha Adv. Monajit Chakrabarti …for the State Adv. Pratip Kumar Chatterjee Adv. Maitrayee Chatterjee …for the respondent nos. 4 to 15 Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner is taken on record. The petitioner who is the Upa Pradhan of Sahajadpur Gram Panchayat has assailed the no confidence motion submitted by the private respondents/ members of the Panchayat for his removal on the ground that the motion is stigmatic. Learned counsel for the private respondents accedes to the contention of the petitioner. It appears that the motion contains stigma against the Upa Pradhan/petitioner and therefore cannot sustain in the eye of law. The motion submitted on July 31, 2026 is quashed/set aside. All consequential steps taken by the Prescribed Authority pursuant to the said motion are also set aside/quashed. However, liberty is granted to the private respondents/members to submit a fresh no confidence motion in terms of Section 12 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973. In the event such motion is submitted, the Prescribed Authority shall act in terms of the said provisions of law, particularly the timeframe mentioned therein. The writ petition is disposed of. There shall, however, be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities. (Suvra Ghosh,J) 2