28.09.2026 17 Court No. 05 (DL) (Suvendu Mukherjee) IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction (APPELLATE SIDE) WPA 24882 of 2026 Parijat Das –Versus – The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sutirtha Das Mr. Shoham Sanyal …for the petitioner Mr. Rajdeep Mazumder, Ld. AAG Mr. Mddhu Jana Mr. Prasanta Naskar …..for the State respondents Ms. Mayuri Ghosh Ms. Jayanti Chowdhury Ms. Mandobi Chowdhury Ms. Priya Malakar ….for the respondent no. 5 1. Affidavit of service filed on behalf of petitioner is taken on record. 2. By presenting this writ petition, prayer is made for directing concerned police authorities not to permit respondent no. 5 to organize Durga Puja on land of petitioner. It is submitted that petitioner is owner of land in question. Therefore, without permission being accorded by petitioner respondent no. 5 has no right to organize Durga Puja on said land. 2 3. Respondent no. 5 is represented by learned advocate who has submitted that Title Suit No. 91 of 2009 is pending before the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Basirhat, North 24 Parganas. Said suit was instituted by respondent no. 5. 4. However, during course of hearing learned advocate representing petitioner has brought to the notice of this court order dated 11th March, 2024 passed by the civil court wherefrom it appears that the suit filed by respondent no. 5 was dismissed for default. Nothing is produced before this Court on behalf of respondent no. 5 to substantiate that subsequently suit was revived by taking steps. 5. In that view of the matter, petitioner and respondent no. 5 are directed to appear before Officer-in-Charge, Basirhat Police Station, North 24 Parganas being respondent no. 4 on 5th October, 2026 with necessary documents in order to substantiate regarding ownership of land in question. On consideration of relevant documents, respondent no. 4 shall decide whether permission is to be accorded for organizing Durga Puja or not. However, if it is found that petitioner is the owner of land in question and no supporting document is produced on behalf of respondent no. 5 before respondent no. 4 in support of ownership of land in question, in that event permission shall not be accorded for organizing Durga Puja. 6. Writ petition stands disposed of. 3 7. Parties to act on server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.)