Md. Quazi v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

October 31, 2022 ARDR (21) WPA 16852 of 2022 Md. Quazi Vs.

The State of West Bengal & ors.

Adv. S. P. Lahiri, Adv. Habibur Rahaman, ...for the petitioner.

Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner is taken on record.

None appears for the respondents despite service. Mr. Chandi Charan De, who usually appears for the State and is present in Court today, is requested to represent the State in this matter.

His appointment be regularised by the office of the Legal Remembrancer.

The petitioner is directed to serve the writ petition along with annexures thereto upon Mr. De in course of this day.

The grievance of the petitioner is that though his land was acquired by the State for construction of pipeline for transportation of gas and petroleum products and compensation was paid to the similarly placed owners of the adjoining lands, the petitioner has been deprived of such compensation by the authority. The petitioner seeks liberty to submit a comprehensive representation in this regard before the concerned authority and prays for a

direction upon the authority to consider the representation at the earliest.

It is submitted on behalf of the State respondents that the representation submitted by the petitioner be directed to be considered by the 4th respondent in accordance with law.

In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit a comprehensive representation ventilating his grievance before the 4th respondent within seven days from date. The 4th respondent is directed to consider and dispose of the representation within a month from the date of receipt thereof after affording reasonable opportunity of hearing to all the interested persons including the petitioner, in accordance with law.

The decision taken by the authority shall be communicated to the petitioner within a week thereof. With the aforesaid directions, WPA 16852 of 2022 is disposed of. There shall however, be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the petition are deemed not to be admitted. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be furnished to the parties upon compliance of necessary formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)