Shri.Suraj Bahadur v. The Lt.Governor And ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

[CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR] *** WPA/93/2025 Shri Suraj Bahadur Vs The Lieutenant Governor and others Mr. N.A. Khan ... for the petitioner Mr. Shatadru Chakraborty, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Mr. Dibesh Dwivedi ... for the respondents February 26, 2025 [SR] Item no. 6 1.

Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record. 2.

Mr. N.A.Khan, learned counsel appears for the petitioner. Mr. Shatadru Chakraborty, learned senior counsel appears for the Administration of the Islands.

3.

The sole grievances of the petitioner is that the representation of the petitioner dated October 15, 2024, Annexure P-9 at Page 36 to the writ petition has not yet been disposed of by the authority.

4.

Accordingly, respondent No. 3 is directed upon issuing a prior notice of hearing of at least seven days to the petitioner and after granting him an opportunity of hearing shall dispose of the representation dated October 15, 2024 by passing a reasoned order in accordance with law.

5.

The entire exercise shall be carried out and completed by the respondent No. 3 positively within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. The reasoned order shall be communicated to the petitioner within a further

period of two weeks from the date of the said reasoned order to be passed.

6.

It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of claim of the petitioner and the petitioner shall be at liberty to urge whatever points he wishes to urge, by relying upon whatever records and documents, he wishes to rely upon before the respondent no.3.

7.

In the event, the reasoned order goes in favour of the petitioner, then the appropriate State authority shall take all necessary and consequential steps to give an immediate effect thereto but positively within a period of six weeks from the date of the said reasoned order to be passed.

8.

It is further made clear that this order shall not create any right or equity in favour of the petitioner, if the petitioner does not succeed to its claim before the respondent No. 3 strictly in accordance with law.

9.

Since affidavits are not called for, the allegations made in the writ petition are deemed not to have been admitted by the respondents.

10.

With the above observations and directions, the writ petition WPA/93/2025 stands disposed of, without any order as to costs.

( Aniruddha Roy, J. )