Omprakash Jaiswal v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS.

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Ct No.02 29.07.2024 ssi Calcutta High Court In The Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Appellate Jurisdiction WPA No. 1454 of 2024 Omprakash Jaiswal -vsState of West Bengal & ors.

Mr. Deborshi Dhar ...for the petitioner Mr. Sumit Kumar Mr. Pradip Sarkar ...for the State The petitioner seeks expeditious disposal of an appeal preferred by him before the District Land and Land Reforms Officer, Darjeeling District.

In exercise of powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, this Court cannot pass any mandatory direction as the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 is a notified Act and the jurisdiction vests in the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal.

However, as an innocuous prayer for expeditious disposal of a pending proceeding has been made, the petitioner is granted liberty to approach the authority with a specific prayer for

early disposal of the proceeding and in which event, the concerned authority shall consider such prayer and dispose of the matter expeditiously and in accordance with law.

With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order be supplied to the parties, if applied for, as early as possible.

(Jay Sengupta, J.)