Kalidas Bandyopadhyay And ANR v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

25.08.2021 Item no.4 Aloke Through Video Conference Ct. no.8 W.P.A. 12358 of 2021 Kalidas Bandyopadhyaya & Anr.

Versus

State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Baidurya Ghosal, Advocate ... for the petitioners Mr. Y.J. Dastoor, ld. A.S.G.

Mr. Phiroze Edulji, Advocate Mr. Samrat Goswami, Advocate ... for the CBI Mr. Kishore Datta, ld. AG Mr. Amitesh Banerjee, ld. sr. standing counsel Mr. Anirban Ray, ld. GP Mr. Sayan Sinha, Advocate ... for the State Mr. Kallol Kr. Basu, Advocate Mr. Md. Jannat Ul Firdous, Advocate ... for the respondent nos. 11 & 12 Mr. Debu Chowdhury, Advocate ... for the Union of India Mr. Supratim Dhar, Advocate Mr. Kunal Ganguly, Advocate ... for the respondent nos. 13 & 14 Mr. Sabir Ahmed, Advocate Mr. Abdur Rakib, Advocate Mr. Apan Saha, Advocate Mr. Shraman Sarkar, Advocate ... for the respondent no. 10 Learned Advocate appearing for the respondent nos. 13 and 14 draws the attention of the Court to the fact that the first petitioner filed a previous writ petition being WP No. 18433 (W) of 2017 (Taradas Bandhdhyay & Anr. vs. State of West Bengal & Ors.). He submits that the petitioners are guilty of suppression of material facts.

On the query from the Court as to whether the petitioners pleaded about the earlier writ petition being WP

No. 18433 (W) of 2017 in the present writ petition or not, the answer on behalf of the petitioners is in the negative. Learned Advocate appearing for the petitioners seeks leave to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to file afresh on the selfsame cause of action.

The respondents are represented as noted above. The prayer for withdrawal made on behalf of the petitioners is considered and allowed.

W.P.A. 12358 of 2021 is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file afresh on the selfsame cause of action. (Debangsu Basak, J.)