05.02.2026 DL-07 Ct. No. 07 Srimanta In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side WPA 28400 of 2025 Swapan Kumar Mandal -Vs.- West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited & Ors. Mr. Shibaji Kumar Das, Mr. Dipendu Sarkar …for the petitioner. Mr. Debjit Mukherjee …for the WBSEDCL. Mr. Kaushik Chaudhury, Mr. Dwaipayan Panda, Mr. Tridib Das …for the respondent nos. 6 & 7. 1. It is submitted on behalf of the WBSEDCL that in case of the petitioner complying with all statutory formalities and making necessary statutory payments in accordance with law, the respondents would provide necessary electricity connection to the petitioner. 2. In view of the submissions made on behalf of the WBSEDCL, WPA/28400/2025 stands disposed of by directing the WBSEDCL to act in accordance with law and after compliance with all formalities 2 under the Act. The above exercise should be completed within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order. (Ravi Krishan Kapur, J.)