Nazrul Haque v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

1st Sept.,2025 In the High Court at Calcutta Item no.M/L 39 Court No. 14 Pradip, A.R.(Ct.) Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No.

WPA 12400 of 2024 In the matter of :

Nazrul Haque & Anr.

.... Petitioners VS.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

....Respondents For the Petitioners:

Ms. Setu Das Roy Ms. S. Nandi ....Advocates For the State:

Mr. Sutanu Chakrabarti ....Advocate

1. The petitioners' prayer seeking compensation on account of damages caused to their property is pending consideration before the Executive Engineer.

2. Without entering into the merits of the claim of the petitioners, the instant writ petition is disposed of by directing the Executive Engineer, Barasat Arsenic Division, Public Health Engineering Directorate being the respondent no. 2 herein to take into consideration the prayer for compensation made by the petitioners in accordance with law.

3. A spot inspection may be conducted to ascertain as to whether damage was caused as alleged by the petitioners or not.

4. Proper notice of hearing shall be given to all the necessary parties prior to passing a final order in the matter.

5. If the claim of compensation is found to be proper, then necessary consequential steps shall be taken.

6. The respondent authorities may also consider the prayer of the petitioner for repairing the damage that has been caused in lieu of the compensation amount sought for.

7. Steps shall be taken in the matter at the earliest but positively within a period of twelve weeks from the date of communication of this order.

8. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all requisite formalities.

(Amrita Sinha, J.)