Archa Kumar Banerjee And ANR. v. Union Of India And ORS.

OD-1 ORDER SHEET

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction ORIGINAL SIDE WPO/1155/2021 ARCHA KUMAR BANERJEE AND ANR.

Versus

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

BEFORE:

The Hon'ble JUSTICE RAJASEKHAR MANTHA Date : 26th November, 2021.

Appearance :

Mr. Rabindra Kumar Jaiswal, Adv.

... for the petitioner.

The Court: Despite service of notice respondents are not represented. Affidavit of service filed in Court is taken on record. The writ petitioner is a micro and small industry and is covered under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006. In respect of a claim against the Executive Engineer-1, Lower Damodar Irrigation Division, Irrigation & Waterways Directorate, Singur, Hooghly, an adjudication proceeding was initiated under Section 18(1) of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006. The said proceeding was required to have been completed within 90 days which is not been completed till date.

In that view of the matter, this Court directs the respondent authorities particularly the respondent no.2 to complete the reference being application No. WB10B0024029/S/00002 mandatorily and positively by 15th January, 2022.

The petitioner shall serve notice of this order on all the respondents.

The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs.

Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, shall be given to the parties as expeditiously as possible on compliance of all necessary formalities.

(RAJASEKHAR MANTHA, J.) mg