09.09.2026 sl.18 Ct No. 446 tkm WPA 8914 of 2025 Koyel Developers Pvt. Ltd. Vs State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Dyutiman Banerjee Mr. Debjit Dutta …for the petitioner 1. Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner is taken on record. 2. Despite service opposite parties are unrepresented. 3. The present writ petition has been filed praying for a direction upon the competent authority of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to mutate the name of the petitioner in the assessment records of the Corporation in respect of the property situated at premises no. 7E, Anil Maitra Road, Ward No. 68, P.S. Gariahat, Kolkata, which falls within the territorial jurisdiction of the Corporation. 4. Mr. Banerjee, learned advocate appearing for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner purchased the property by virtue of a deed of conveyance dated 18th June, 2007. Immediately thereafter, the petitioner approached respondent no. 3 by submitting an application seeking mutation of his name in respect of the said property in the assessment records maintained by the Corporation. It is submitted that the said application has since remained pending and no steps have been taken thereon. In such 2 circumstances, the petitioner has been constrained to approach this Court by filing the present writ petition. 5. Having heard the learned advocate appearing for the petitioner and upon perusal of the materials on record, I am of the view that no useful purpose would be served by keeping the writ petition pending. In my considered view, if the writ petition is disposed of in the following terms, no prejudice would be caused to the respondents. 6. In view thereof, the present writ petition is disposed of by directing the Assessor-Collector, KMC, being respondent no. 4, to consider and dispose of the petitioner’s representation, appearing at page 36 of the writ petition, and to take an appropriate decision thereon in accordance with law. Before taking such decision, respondent no. 4 shall afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and to all other interested parties, including any person whose rights or interests may be affected in the event the petitioner’s name is mutated in the assessment records in respect of the property in question. The petitioner shall furnish the names and addresses of such persons to respondent no. 4 within a period of two weeks from date. 7. Entire exercise shall be carried out within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 8. It is clarified that I have not gone into the merits of the claim of the petitioner raised in the representation and all points are kept open to be decided by the respondent no. 4 while considering the petitioner’s representation. 3 9. Since no affidavit is called for, allegations made in the writ petition is deemed to have been denied. 10. With the aforesaid observation, the present writ petition is disposed of. (Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.)