05.10.2026 Court No.25 D/L No.4 S. Gayen In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 24270 of 2026 Niladri Bhattacharjee Versus State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Joydip Kar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sakya Sen, Sr. Adv. Mr. Suman Majumder Ms. Deblina Chatterjee …for the Petitioner Mr. D.N. Ray, Ld. GP Mr. Suryaneel Das, Ld. AGP Mr. Partha Sarathi Basu …for the State Mr. Billwadal Bhattacharya, Ld. AAG Mr. Debanjan Mukherjee …for the KMC Ms. Sreemoyee Mitra …for the CESC 1. The Divisional Fire Officer, South Kolkata Division has filed report wherein it is mentioned that during the inspection it has been observed that all the required fire safety measures instructed to be installed in the premises in question to run the office of the petitioner purely on temporary basis has been duly complied. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that as the petitioner has complied with all the fire safety measures and the authorities have satisfied with the compliance. He submits that the petitioner may be allowed to occupy the office and run the advocate’s office from 9 am to 10 pm. He further submits that the petitioner will not use the said office after 10 pm. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that 2 the petitioner has complied with all the formalities of fire safety measures and internal wiring has been completed and the CESC has also been inspected and he prays for a direction upon the CESC for restoration of the electric connection in the premises of the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the State submits that if this Court allows the petitioner to occupy the premises to run the business of advocate’s office from 9 am to 10 pm, the said premises can be used on temporary basis till the final decision is taken by the authorities on completion of the investigation which is pending before the concerned authorities. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the CESC submits that if the fire safety authorities have no objection to restore electricity connection in the premises of the petitioner, the CESC will restore the electric connection in the premises of the petitioner. 5. Heard the learned counsel for the respective parties. Perused the report submitted by the Divisional Fire Officer, South Kolkata Division dated October 6, 2026. 6. The petitioner is allowed to use the premises in the first floor for the purpose of advocate’s office from 9 am to 10 pm only and the petitioner, his men, agent or servant shall not run the office after 10 pm. The petitioner is also directed to see that at all times fire safety measures to be kept intact so that no untoward fire incident occurs. The CESC authorities are directed 3 to restore the electric connection in the premises of the petitioner by October 9, 2026 on compliance of all formalities by the petitioner. 7. It is made clear that this order shall not be treated as a precedent and this order is passed only for the interim measure to run the office of the advocate in the said premises at his own risk and cost. 8. Accordingly, WPA 24270 of 2026 is disposed of. 9. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 10. Urgent Photostat certified copy, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance with all formalities. (Krishna Rao, J.)