Dipak Naskar And ANR. v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

24.11.2025.

Ct.No.24.

as WPA 485 of 2025 Sri Dipak Naskar & Anr.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Ranjit Kr. Jaiswal, Mr. Nandalal Pradhan.

...for the Petitioners.

Mr. Subrata Bhattacharjee, Mr. Hirak Kr. Basu.

...for the State.

1.

Affidavits of service as filed, be kept on record. 2.

Inspite of notices, none appears for the State respondents.

3.

The petitioners have challenged the acts of commission and/or omission of the respondent authorities and particularly, the respondent No.4 in not disposing of an application made by him sometime in 2023. Under the Land Reforms Act, 1955, such application is to be disposed of, at the most, within a period of nine months from the date of the application.

4.

The respondent No.4 is directed to dispose of such application of the petitioners by a reasoned order and after giving an opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, within a period of two months from date, positively by January 21, 2026.

5.

With the aforestated direction, the writ petition is disposed of.

6. There shall be no order as to costs.

7.

Since affidavits have not been called for, allegations contained in the petition are deemed to have been denied.

8. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties on usual undertaking. (Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.)