Manik Pramanik v. Union Of India And ORS.

SK Ct. No. 18 08.03.2021 W.P.A. No. 2014 of 2021 (Via Video Conference) Manik Pramanik Vs.

Union of India & Ors.

Ms. Mousumi Bhowal, Mr. Anirban Saha, Mr. Arnab Neogi ... For the petitioner. Mr. Soumitra Bandyopadhyay, Mr. Subhasis Bandyopadhyay ... For the State respondents.

Mr. Sovan Mukherjee ... For the U.O.I. Affidavit of service filed in Court today be kept with the record.

The land of the petitioner has been acquired in L.A. Case No. NH-01 of 2016-17 and award of compensation has already been published.

The petitioner complains that till date the payment has not been disbursed.

W.P.A. 2014 of 2021 is disposed of by directing the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Paschim Medinipur, the respondent no. 8 herein to take immediate steps for disbursement of the compensation amount of the petitioner in terms of the award within a period of 16 weeks from the date of communication of this order.

Since no affidavit-in-opposition has been invited the allegations made in the writ petition are deemed to have been denied by the respondents.

No order as to costs.

Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Biswajit Basu, J.)