Biswajit Mitra v. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation & Ors.

Mr. Debnath Ganguly Mr. A. Saho Mr. Supriyo Dutta ..for the petitioner Mr. Subhrangsu Panda Ms. I. Bhattacharyya ..for KMC Mr. Subhabrata Datta Mr. A. Chowdhury ..for Private respondent no.8 Ms. Mandira Mandal ..for the private respondent. The petitioner alleges unauthorised construction at the behest of respondent no. 8. According to the report submitted by the Corporation, a stop-work notice has already been issued in relation to the premises in question. Upon inspection, the Corporation has found that no further construction has been carried out on the said premises. The Corporation’s report also indicates that the matter has been processed under Section 400(1) of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980. 2 In light of this, there is no further issue to be addressed in this writ petition. The Corporation is directed to conclude the proceedings under Section 400(1) of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, in accordance with the law, as expeditiously as possible. Accordingly, WPA 23294 of 2023 is disposed of. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the learned advocates for the parties on usual undertakings. (Kausik Chanda, J.)