Banshraj Ahir v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

06.09.2023 KAUSHIK C.O.L.R.T. 4 of 2023 Banshraj Ahir Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Mrinal Kanti Ghosh ... for the petitioner Mr. Soumitra Bandyopadhyay Ms. Suchana Banerjee ... for the State Petitioner seeks expeditious disposal of O.A. 3467 of 2022 pending before the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal.

State is represented.

By the impugned order, the learned Tribunal directed the concerned Block Land and Land Reforms Officer to submit a status report of the case in hand. The learned Tribunal listed the original application on September 25, 2023 under the heading 'hearing'.

Learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that, the parties may be afforded an opportunity to file an affidavit before the learned Tribunal and the learned Tribunal may be directed to conclude the hearing within the time stipulated.

The request of the petitioner being reasonable is accepted.

Let affidavit-in-opposition to the original application be filed within four weeks from date; reply thereto, if any, be filed two weeks thereafter, all before the learned Tribunal.

The learned Tribunal is requested to list the original application being O.A. 3467 of 2022 six weeks from date. The learned Tribunal is also requested to dispose of the original application within four months from date and not to grant any unnecessary adjournment to the parties. C.O.L.R.T. 4 of 2023 is disposed of accordingly without any order as to costs.

(Debangsu Basak, J.) (Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.)