D/L- 15 01/04/2026 Ct. No.-19 Aritra WPA 15872 of 2024 Ghanashyamla Das Vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Rabindra Kumar Mitra Ms. Poulami Bhowmick Mr. Sourjya Das Mr. Soumajit Bhattacharya ….for the petitioner Mr. Soumitra Bandyapadhyay, Sr. Govt. Adv. Mr. Srinath Singha ….for the State The petitioner claims that the property of the petitioner has been acquired but no compensation has been paid till date. The learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was called for a hearing at the Office of the District Magistrate & Collector, Purba Medinipur on August 10, 2023. He submits that the petitioner duly attended the Office of the District Magistrate, but no decision on such hearing has been communicated to the petitioner till date. Mr. Bandyapadhyay, learned senior Government advocate draws the attention of the Court to the letter issued by the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Purba Medinipur to the learned advocate for the petitioner dated February 23, 2024 and submits that since the matter relates to the Biswa Bangla Marketing Corporation Ltd., i.e. the respondent No.4 herein, the representation of the 2 petitioner has been forwarded to the Office of the said corporation. In spite of service none appears for the respondent No.4. After hearing the learned advocates for the respective parties and considering the fact that the matter has now been referred by the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Purba Medinpur to the Biswa Bangla Marketing Corporation Ltd., WPA 15872 of 2024 stands disposed of by directing the competent authority of the Biswa Bangla Marketing Corporation Ltd., being the respondent No.4 to consider the representation of the petitioner which was forwarded by the Special Land Acquisition Officer vide memo dated August 23, 2023 and to dispose of the same by passing a reasoned order after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner or his authorised representative and communicate the reasoned order to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible but positively within a period of 8 weeks from the date of receipt of a server copy of this order along with a copy of the representation submitted by the petitioner. Needless to mention that the competent authority of the respondent No.4 shall consider the issue raised in the representation and shall pass orders accordingly. There will be no order as to costs. All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. (Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.)