Bapi Das v. The State Of West Bengal And ORS

09.01.2026 SL. No.56 Court No.2 SKG Calcutta High Court In the Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction W.P.A. No. 1665 of 2025 Bapi Das

Versus

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Bikramaditya Ghosh, Mr. Mayank Bhanduri, Mr. Ved Rai, Mr. Vivek Saha, ...for the petitioner Ms. Supriya Singh, ....for the respondent NHAI Mr. Nabankur Paul, Mr. Sourav Sarkar, .....for the State

1. The petitioner claims compensation on account of acquisition of land.

2. The learned Advocate for the State submits that the petitioner is not the owner of the land and as such no compensation is payable.

3. The rival contentions of the parties give rise to a dispute which cannot be decided in this proceeding.

4. Thus, the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Cooch Behar shall treat the writ petition as a representation and dispose of the same in accordance with law upon hearing the petitioner and upon appreciating all the documents to be

produced by the parties before the authority at the relevant point of time.

5. A reasoned order shall be passed and communicated.

The entire exercise will be completed within a period of two months.

6. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of.

7. There shall be no order as to costs.

8. Parties are directed to act on the basis of the server copy of this order.

(Shampa Sarkar, J.)