96 Ranajit (AR.CT) 03.09.2026 Ct.05 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction (Appellate Side) W.P.A. NO 15968 OF 2026 Samad Chowdhury -vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors. Md. Harun Ali Rashid, Sk. Morshed Ali Ms. Reshmi Khatun, ….for the petitioner. Mr. Uday Sankar Chattopadhyay, Ms. Rajashree Tah ….for the respondent no.6. Mr. Suryaneel Das, Mr. Partha Chakraborty, ….for the State. 1. Matter is heard in presence of learned advocates representing petitioner, respondent no.6 and State respondents. 2. During course of hearing it has been brought to notice of this Court that petitioner in WPA 15968 of 2026 has filed another writ petition being WPA 26272 of 2025. Copy of writ petition being WPA 26272 of 2025 is placed before this Court by learned advocate representing respondent no.6 who is respondent no.4 of writ petition being WPA 26272 of 2025. Copy of writ petition being WPA 26272 of 2025 is taken on record. 3. It is contended on behalf of respondent no.6 that issue involved in this writ petition is similar to issue raised in WPA 26272 of 2025. According to respondent no.6 writ petition being WPA 26272 of 2025 is still pending and no order is passed on said writ petition. Pendency of writ petition being WPA 26272 of 2025 is not disclosed in WPA 15968 of 2026. 4. In view of pendency of previous writ petition on similar issue, present writ petition is not entertained and same is dismissed. 5. Parties to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.) 2