Salehar Begum v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

jdt. 02.07.2026 jb.

WPA 10583 of 2025 (Salehar Begum vs. State of West Bengal & Ors.) Ziaul Islam Muskaan Chgowdhury .... For the Petitioner Mr. Madhu Jana Ms. Puja Sonkar .... For the State Sarwar Jahan Ashraful Huq Ms. ShaliniSen Sahina Parvin .... For the Respondent no. 5 Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioner is taken on record.

The Panchayat is not represented despite service. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that alleging unauthorised construction being raised by the private respondent without obtaining any sanction from the concerned Panchayat, the petitioner approached this Court in a writ petition being WPA 5209 of 2020. By an order passed on 18th July, 2024 a co-ordinate Bench of this Court directed the Pradhan of the concerned Panchayat to issue prior notice to the parties, cause a physical inspection of the alleged unauthorised and illegal construction, grant an opportunity of hearing to the parties and dispose of the representation submitted by the petitioner within a stipulated time frame.

It appears that though hearing was conducted by the Pradhan in compliance with the said order on 12th August, 2024, no order has been passed till date. In fact, no further step has been taken by the Pradhan with regard to the representation submitted by the petitioner.

In view of the order passed by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court, the Pradhan, Sompara-II Gram Panchayat, being the 3rd respondent herein, is directed to consider and dispose of the representation submitted by the petitioner on 2nd July, 2019 in terms of the earlier order of this Court within four weeks from the date of communication of this order upon granting opportunity of further hearing to the parties, if required, and pass a reasoned order within the said time frame. The copy of the order shall be communicated to the parties within a week thereof.

In the event the construction raised by the private respondent is found to be illegal/unauthorised, the authority shall take necessary steps in accordance with law.

The writ petition is disposed of.

There shall be no order as to costs.

Since no affidavit has been invited, allegations contained in the writ petition shall be deemed not to have been admitted.

Urgent certified website copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties on compliance of requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)