Swapan Talukdar v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

07.09.2021 Court No. 19 Item no.39 CP WPA 13748 of 2021 Swapan Talukder vs.

The State of West Bengal & ors.

(via video conference) Mr. Somnath Gangopadhyay Mr. Anirban Dutta Mr. Rahul Singh ....for the petitioner.

Mr. Nayan Chand Bihani Mr. A. Sikdar ....for the K.M.C.

As the order impugned before this court is an appealable order, the petitioner is granted liberty to prefer an appeal against the order of demolition issued by the Executive Engineer (C), Building Department, in accordance with law.

The petitioner shall also be entitled to pray for interim orders if grounds exist, which shall be considered in accordance with law by the tribunal. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation shall not take any steps with regard to the alleged demolition for a period of three weeks from date. Thereafter, the Corporation shall act and proceed on the basis of the orders passed by the appellate forum. This court has not entered into the merits of the claims of the parties.

The writ petition is, thus, disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.

Parties are to act on the server copy of this order.

(Shampa Sarkar, J.)