Rahim Mallick v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

May 15, 2024 ARDR (960) WPA 29238 of 2023 Rahim Mallick Vs.

The State of West Bengal & ors.

Adv. Joy Chakraborty, Adv. Sandip Dinda, Adv. Ipsita Ghosh, Adv. Ranjit Malakar, ...for the petitioner.

Adv. Sanjay Saha, Adv. Subhasish Bhattacharya, ...for the respondent no.2.

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

None appears for the State respondents despite service.

Mr. Chandi Charan De, advocate, who usually appears for the State and is present in Court today, is requested to represent the State along with his junior Mr. Anirban Sarkar, advocate in this matter.

Their appointment be regularised by the office of the learned Legal Remembrancer.

The petitioner is directed to serve copy of the writ petition along with annexure thereto upon Mr. Sarkar, advocate in course of this day.

Learned counsel for the 2nd respondent is present and submits that copy of the writ petition has not been served upon him.

The petitioner is also directed to serve copy of the writ petition along with annexure thereto upon the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent in course of this day. Heard learned counsels for the parties.

The innocuous prayer of the petitioner is for expeditious disposal of the appeal filed on 28th July, 2023 (Annexure P/3 to the writ petition) before the Divisional Commissioner, Burdwan Division, being the 6th respondent herein.

The writ petition is accordingly disposed of directing the 6th respondent to consider and dispose of the appeal pending before him within six weeks from the date of communication of this order, in accordance with law. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition 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 have been admitted. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Suvra Ghosh, J.)