Sukanta Kumar Das @ Sukanta Das And ORS. v. Billwapada Manna

12.06.2025 Mithun List -D/L Sl. No. 18.

Ct. No. 06.

CO 1913 of 2025 Sukanta Kumar Das @ Sukanta Das & Ors.

-Vs.- Billwapada Manna Mr. Rwitendra Banerjee, Mr. Shibasis Chatterjee ...for the petitioners.

The application under Article of the Constitution of India is at the instance of the landlord praying for a direction upon the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), 1st Court at Uluberia, District: Howrah to dispose of the applications under Section 17(2) and 17(2A) of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956 expeditiously.

The learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that a Co-ordinate Bench by an order dated 13.12.2022 in C.O. 793 of 2020 passed a direction for expeditious hearing and in spite of such direction, the learned Trial Judge has not taken any steps to dispose of the same.

In view of the order sought and proposed to be passed, there is no necessity to issue notice upon the opposite parties. However, the learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner shall be obliged to forward a copy of this application along with this order upon the

opposite parties or upon the learned Advocates representing the opposite parties before the learned Trial Judge.

From the order-sheets appended to the revisional application it appears that the applications under Section 17(2) and 17(2A) of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956 were heard in part on 16th of December, 2024 and the next date was fixed on 30th of January, 2025. In view thereof, C.O.1913 of 2025 stands disposed of by requesting the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), 1st Court at Uluberia to make an endeavour to dispose of the pending applications under Section 17(2) and 17(2A) of the 1956 Act keeping in mind the observations made by the Co-ordinate Bench in the order dated 13th December, 2022 passed in C.O. 793 of 2020.

The learned Trial Judge is requested to dispose of such applications as expeditiously as possible but positively within a period of four weeks from the next date fixed.

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.)