S/L 5 06.10.2026 Court. No. 25 Sourav WPA 25229 of 2026 New Town Prakriti Bandhab Samity & Anr. Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Amitabha Ghosh Mr. Rajnil Mukherjee Ms. Debolina Sarkar Mukherjee Mr. Buddhadeb Chatterjee … for the petitioners. Mr. D. N. Ray, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. K. Tiwari … for the State. Mr. Billwadal Bhattacharyya, Ld. AAG Ms. Susmita Saha Dutta, Ld. AGP Mr. Anish Kumar Mukherjee … for N.K.D.A. Mr. Arun Kumar Mohanty Mrs. Kaberi Sengupta Mohanty Mr. Anup Dasgupta Mr. Aninda Sundar Das Mr. R. R. Mohanty Ms. Pusprita Chowdhury Ms. Tithi Guchhait Ms. Pingki Bala Mr. Krishnendu Sarkar Mr. Sujit Bhuma Mr. Pradip Pal Mr. Debapriya Samanta Ms. Suva Gayen Ms. Paramita Mondal … for the respondent nos. 8 and 9. Mr. Debanjan Mukherjee … for W.B.S.E.D.C.L. 1. The report submitted by the NKDA be taken on record. 2. The petitioners have filed the present writ application praying for a direction upon the respondent no. 2 or the concerned authority to grant ‘No Objection Certificate’ or permission for organizing Durga Puja at premises/Plot No. 01-0548, Street No. 548, P.O. New Town, P.S. Eco Park, Dist- North 24 Parganas. 2 3. Learned counsel appearing for the private respondent has handed over the permission granted by the concerned authority dated July 21, 2026 wherein the private respondents have been granted permission to organize Durga Puja from October 16, 2026 to October 21, 2026 at Shivalay Prangan, Premises No. 01/0548, Street No. 0548, Action Area IIB, New Town, North 24 Parganas. 4. Learned counsel for the private respondents submits that the private respondents have received the permission and as such, the petitioners cannot be granted any permission at the said premises. 5. Mr. Bhattacharyya, learned AAG appearing for NKDA has submitted report wherein it is found that the authorities have allotted the location being Block No. AA- IIB/01(AA-IIB) to Prakriti Bandhab Samity. From the report, it is further found that Plot No. 224/1a (Location- 3 for Durga Puja), drawing no. HIDCO/PLG/AA-IIB/W- 808, dated 10.02.2023 is allotted to the NKDA for permissive possession as per the board resolution. 6. Considering the report submitted by the NKDA, this Court finds that Plot No. 224/1a is allotted for the community festival. 7. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have ready to organize the Puja in the said plot and as such, the petitioners are given liberty to correct the premises number in Prayer-‘a’ and ‘d’ by deleting the plot no. 01-0548, Street No. 548 by incorporating the Plot No. 224/1a. 3 8. Considering the above, as the authorities have no objection to grant permission to the petitioners at the Plot No. 224/1a, accordingly, the respondent authorities are directed to grant permission to the petitioners to perform Durga Puja from October 16, 2026 to October 21, 2026 at Plot No. 224/1a by October 8, 2026. 9. The petitioners are further directed that if any permission is granted to the petitioners, the petitioners shall perform Durga Puja from October 16, 2026 to October 21, 2026 without creating any law and order problems. 10. WPA 25229 of 2026 is disposed of. 11. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all the necessary formalities. (Krishna Rao, J.)