Sk Nizamuddin v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

AD-7 Ct No.10 20.08.2025 (SSS) WPLRT 120 of 2025 Sk. Nizamuddin Vs.

The State of West Bengal and Ors.

Mr. Salil Kumar Maiti ...For the appellant.

Sk. Md. Galib, Ld. Sr. Govt. Adv., Ms. Munmun Ganguly ....For the State Respondents.

1.

An adjournment is sought on behalf of the petitioner.

2.

However, since the prayer in the writ petition is innocuous and the State is represented by learned Senior Government Advocate, we refuse such prayer for adjournment.

3.

The learned Senior Government Advocate hands over a written instruction, which is kept on record. 4.

In terms of the same, the current incumbent in the post of the Block Land and Land Reforms Officer, Mahishadal, Purba Medinipur has submitted before this court that although the matter is pending since long, three months' time may be given to him to conclude Miscellaneous Case no. 06 of 2015, which was later renumbered as MISC/6/LAW/19.

5.

The grievance of the writ petitioner is that although the said proceeding is pending for almost ten years, the same has not yet been decided by the B.L. & L.R.O. The learned Tribunal, by the impugned order dated May 15, 2025, merely disposed of the challenge of the writ petitioner in that regard by directing the B.L. & L.R.O. to dispose of the proceeding, without fixing any time-frame.

6.

It is unfortunate that the writ petitioner has been running from pillar to post for so long. However, we are apprised that the present incumbent in the post of B.L. & L.R.O. has joined only last year and was not aware of the pendency of the matter as such. Keeping such submission and the fair stand taken by the B.L. & L.R.O. in mind, we dispose of WPLRT 120 of 2025 by directing the respondent no. 2, the Block Land and Land Reforms Officer, Mahishadal to dispose of MISC/6/LAW/19, arising out of OA 34 of 2012 (LRTT), as expeditiously as possible, positively within three months from this date.

7.

The concerned B.L. & L.R.O. shall act on the communication of the learned advocates, coupled with a server copy of this order, without insisting upon prior production of a certified copy for the purpose of compliance.

8.

No order as to costs.

(Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.)

(Uday Kumar, J.)