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2026 DAILYLAW 50082 (CAL)

PURNIMA BHATTACHARYA AND ANR. v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS.

WPA/21143/2025 · 2026-10-08

Anuj Singh

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Item- 50. sg 08-10-2026 Ct. 758 WPA 21143 of 2025 Purnima Bhattacharya & Anr. Versus State of West Bengal & Ors. [ Mr. Shankar Shubra Mukherjee Ms. Barnali Saha …for the petitioners 1. The petitioner no.1 is the senior citizen and the petitioner no.2 is the son of the petitioner no.1, who reside at Bhattacharya House, Kanailal Bhattacharya Road, Jaynagar, Mazilpur, Police Station Jaynagar. 2. The petitioners allege that on 6th July, 2025, the respondent nos. 6 and 7 entered the said premises representing themselves to be the representatives of the respondent nos. 8 to 11 and tired to oust the petitioners and their family members from the said premises. The petitioners allege that they tried to lodge a complaint with the police authorities but the authorities took no heed to such complaint since the private respondents are the influential persons. It is further alleged that the private respondents have carried on construction forcefully by encroaching upon the land of the petitioners. The matter was reported to the Police authorities. 3. Being aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the police authorities, the petitioners approach this Court for a direction upon the police authorities to take necessary steps against the private respondents. 4. The learned advocate for the petitioners fairly submits that a civil suit between the parties concerning the said dispute is pending before the competent civil court. This apart, few writ petitions are also pending before this 2 Court. 5. In view of the aforesaid facts and considering the nature of the dispute between the parties, this Court is not inclined to pass any order as prayed for. 6. However, this Court directs the Jaynagar Police Station to ensure that the no criminal acts are committed at the subject property by either of the parties and keep close vigil at the property in question. 7. It is clarified that this Court has not gone into the merits of the allegation made by the petitioners. 8. This present order is only passed in order to ensure that no untoward incidents take place because of the pending dispute between the parties. 9. The petitioners and the private respondents shall be at liberty to agitate all the issues before the appropriate forum in accordance with law. 10. With the above observation, WPA 21143 of 2025 is, accordingly, disposed of. However, there shall be no order as to costs. 11. Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities. (Anuj Singh, J.)