Pradyut Mondal v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

06.09.2022 Court. No. 19 Item 13 (DL) Cp W.P.A. No. 11598 of 2021 Pradyut Mondal Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Gazi Faruque Hossain Ms. Priyanka Mondal ... for the petitioner.

Mr. Sounak Bhattacharya ... for the respondent no.5.

Mr. Srijan Nayak Mrs. Rituparna Maitra ...for the State.

The petitioner alleges that although the petitioner was a beneficiary under the 'Raising of Nursery for Individual Scheme', the petitioner was not granted the benefits. Reliance has been placed on a list of such beneficiaries, in which the name of the petitioner appears at Sl. No. 147.

The allegation is that the Pradhan, Sreepur Gram Panchayat had failed and neglected to provide the petitioner with the benefits under the said scheme. It appears that the scheme was conceived under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Some money had been sanctioned for implementation of the said scheme to the gram panchayat as the executing agency.

The petitioner is under the impression that along with the saplings and materials for the nursery, the

petitioner was entitled to some monetary assistance. Such impression of the petitioner appears to be misconceived.

The learned advocate for the panchayat authorities has submitted documents which indicate that the petitioner had put his signature on a challan indicating that he had received all the 13 items mentioned in the said challan. The Government contractor/supplier, i.e., the Shristi Construction had supplied the materials. The petitioner acknowledged the receipt of the same and a copy of the challan was deposited with the Pradhan, Mangalkote Gram Panchayat.

Under such circumstances, nothing further remains to be decided in the writ petition. Against the materials which were supplied to the petitioner, the payment to the vendor, namely, Shristi Construction had also been placed for approval before the gram panchayat by the Block Development Officer. Thus, the basis of the writ petition is misconceived and, as such, no orders can be passed.

Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. However, there will be no order as to costs.

All the parties are directed to act on the basis of the server copy of this order.

(Shampa Sarkar, J.)