Akik Hossain Chowdhury@Choudhury v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS

CIRCUIT BENCH OF CALCUTTA HIGH COURT AT JALPAIGURI 14.06.2022 Ct. No.2 b.das Akik Hossain Chowdhury @ Chawdhury Vs.

The State of W.B. & Ors.

WPA 1043 of 2022 Mr. Shubhankar Dutta ...for the petitioners.

Mr. Bikramaditya Ghosh ...for NBSTC.

Mr. S. K. Saha Mr. Pretom Das ...for the State.

Mr. Debajit Kundu ...for the respondent No.6.

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

It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that the private respondent, who is the younger brother of the petitioner and is working with the North Bengal State Transport Corporation, has obtained a driving licence by producing false and fraudulent documents.

The petitioner submitted an application before the concerned authority in this regard which is yet to be disposed of.

The petitioner prays for a direction upon the concerned authority to consider the representation at the earliest.

It is submitted on behalf of the private respondent that the petitioner is bent on harassing the private

respondent due to a land dispute between the brothers and the private respondent was granted appointment in the NBSTC after verification of all his documents. It is submitted on behalf of the State respondents that the representation submitted by the petitioner may be directed to be considered by the competent authority within a stipulated time frame.

In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 5th respondent to consider and dispose of the representation submitted by the petitioner dated 23rd March, 2022 within one month from the date of communication of this order after giving reasonable opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and the private respondent, in accordance with law.

The decision taken by the authority shall be communicated to the petitioner within a week thereof. With the above observations and directions this writ petition being WPA 1043 of 2022 is disposed of. However, there shall be no order as to costs. Since no affidavit is invited, the allegations contained in the petition are deemed not to be 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.)