Amiya Guria v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE W.P.A. No. 20450 of 2023 Amiya Guria Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Syed Arif Ahmed, Adv.

...for the petitioner Mr. Lalit Mohan Mahata, Ld. A.G.P.

Mr. Amartya Pal, Adv.

...for the State The grievance of the petitioner is primarily directed against the alleged acquisition of his land by the State authorities.

It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the State has unlawfully and illegally taken possession of the petitioner's land and the petitioner is entitled to approximately 21 decimals of land from the State.

On behalf of the State it is argued that this is the sixth round of litigation initiated by the petitioner and the petitioner does not have an iota of a legal right to maintain this writ petition. Significantly, the prior orders of Court have conclusively held that the petitioner is not entitled to any compensation. In fact, the mother of the petitioner had voluntarily gifted the land to the Government and an administrative building has already been constructed thereon.

In view of the above, there is no scope of even allowing the prayer for consideration of the representation. The petitioner has not been able to demonstrate an iota of a legally enforceable right to maintain this petition.

In such view of the matter, W.P.A. No. 20450 of 2023 stands dismissed without, however, any order as to costs.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be made available to the parties upon compliance of necessary formalities.

(Ravi Krishan Kapur, J.)