Jagadish Adhikari v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS

12.03.2024 SL.4, Ct.2 (P. Jana) In the High Court at Calcutta Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction WPA 428 of 2024 Jagadish Adhikari -Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Subinay Dey, Mr. Debanjan Das.

...for the petitioner.

Mr. Subir Kumar Saha, AGP.

Ms. Pratusha Dutta Chowdhury, ...for the State.

Ms. Supriya Singh, ...for the NHAI.

Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioner be kept with the record.

The land of the petitioner has been acquired in LAP Case No. 08/NH/2010-11 for construction of National Highway.

The grievance of the petitioner is that till date no compensation has been paid to him.

Ms. Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the National Highways Authority, submits that compensation amount has already been deposited with the Special Land Acquisition Collector, Cooch Behar, the respondent no. 6 herein.

The representation of the petitioner for payment of such compensation is

pending consideration before the respondent no. 6 herein.

The respondent no. 6 therefore is directed to dispose of the said representation within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order.

WPA 428 of 2024 is disposed of with the above direction without any order as to costs.

Parties to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties subject to compliance with all requisite formalities.

(Biswajit Basu, J.)