The Haludbari High School(H.S.) And ORS. v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

SL. 1 20.02.2026 Court No.19 BP WPA 2458 of 2026 The Haludbari High School (H.S.) & Ors.

-versus- The State of West Bengal and others Mr. Ujjwal Kanti Jana ..for the petitioners Mr. Pantu Deb Roy Mr. Pannalal Bandyopadhyay ..for the State The petitioners claim that by virtue of an order passed in a proceeding under Section 14 T(3) of the West Bengal land Reforms Act, 1955 the petitioners' school was allowed to retain land measuring about 24.22 acres out of total land measuring about 63.88 acres.

The learned advocate appearing for the petitioners draws the attention of the Court to the schedule of retained land which is appearing at page 68 of the writ petition and submits that the petitioners' school was allowed to retain lands in various plots in the District of 24 Parganas (South) measuring about 21.81 acres and in several plot in the District of Purba Medinipur measuring about 2.41 acres. The learned advocate refers to the record of rights at page 79 of the writ petition in support of his contention that in the District of 24 Parganas (South) the quantum of land measuring about 18.68 instead of 21.81 acres has been recorded. He further refers to the record of rights at page 102 of the writ petition and submits that the quantum of land has been

further reduced to 12.55 acres in the District of 24 Parganas (South). He submits that since the plots were not properly demarcated, it resulted in erroneous recording in the record of rights in the name of the petitioners' school.

Heard the learned advocate for the State.

After going through the materials on record and upon hearing the learned advocates for the respective parties, it appears to this Court that the dispute involved in this writ petition relates to erroneous recording in the record of rights. In case the petitioners are aggrieved by the erroneous recording of the name of the petitioners' school in the record of rights, it will be open to the petitioners to approach the appropriate forum in accordance with law.

With the above observations, WPA 2458 of 2026 stands disposed of.

There shall be however no order as to costs.

Urgent certified photocopy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties expeditiously on compliance of usual legal formalities.

(Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.)