Somnath Sarkar v. The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Case at a glance
- Bench
- PARTHA SARATHI SEN
Outcome
Disposed of
writ petition is disposed of
Provisions considered
- West Bengal Highways Act, 1964 s. 10(4)
Key paragraphs
- Para 1111. With the aforementioned observation, the instant writ petition is disposed of.
Judgment
to as ‘the Act of 1964’ for short), affirmed an order dated 24.07.2024 as passed in Misc. Case No.16/A/2024 as passed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Arambagh.
It appears that the order as passed in the appeal by the respondent no.2 authority has been communicated to all concerned by a memo dated
02.05.2025.
On perusal of the prayer portion of the instant writ petition, it reveals that probably due to 2 typographical error, the writ petitioner has prayed issuance of the appropriate writ implementation of the order dated 02.05.2025 which should be for implementation of the order dated 28.04.2024 as passed by the respondent no.2 and as has been communicated under cover of memo dated 02.05.2025.
It is pertinent to mention herein that while disposing of WPA 11523 of 2025, this court had not interfered with the aforementioned order dated 24.07.2024 as passed in Misc. Case No.16/A/2024 by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Arambagh as affirmed by the respondent no.2 authority.
In view of such, this court while disposing the instant writ petition, directs the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Arambagh to implement its order dated 24.07.2024 as passed in connection with Misc. Case No.16/A/2024 in letter and spirit positively within 30 working days from the date of receiving the server copy of this order.
Liberty is given to the learned advocate on record for the writ petitioner to communicate the server copy of this order the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Arambagh for his immediate compliance. 3
The Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Arambagh directed to act on the basis of the server copy of this order.
Before parting with, the respondent no.2 is also directed to ensure availability of sufficient numbers of armed police personnel, if the same has/have been requisitioned by the respondent no.5 authority.
Department is directed to forward a copy of this order to the respondent no.7 as well as to the Superintendent of Police (Rural), Hooghly for their information and compliance.
Operative part
With the aforementioned observation, the instant writ petition is disposed of.
Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities. (Partha Sarathi Sen, J.)
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: writ petition is disposed of
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
West Bengal Highways Act, 1964 — s. 10(4).
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.