Calcutta High Court
WPLRT/209/2026 of SULEKHA DAS AND ORS Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. on 14 October 2026
J(2) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Present: The Hon’ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya And The Hon’ble Justice Sandip Kumar De WPLRT 209 of 2026 Smt. Sulekha Das and others Vs. The State of West Bengal and others For the petitioners :
Form No. J(2)
In the High Court at Calcutta
Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction
Appellate Side
Present:
The Hon’ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya
And
The Hon’ble Justice Sandip Kumar De
WPLRT 209 of 2026
Smt. Sulekha Das and others
Vs.
The State of West Bengal and others
For the petitioners
:
Mr. Kartick Kr. Bhattacharya,
Ms. Soumashree Dutta,
Ms. Papiya Naskar
For the State : Mr. Dibashis Basu, AGP,
Ms. Sneha Dutta,
Mr. Purnendu Das,
Mr. Chandrachur Lahiri
Heard on
:
14.10.2026
Judgment on
:
14.10.2026
Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.:-
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1. Affidavit-of-service filed today be kept on record.
2. The present writ petition has been filed seeking expeditious disposal of O.A. 1178 of 2017 (LRTT) pending before the First Bench of the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal, Kolkata.
3. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the materials on record.
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4. Considering the circumstances, WPLRT 209 of 2026 is disposed of by requesting the First Bench of the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal, Kolkata to hear out and dispose of the original application pending before it being O.A. 1178 of 2017 (LRTT) as expeditiously as possible, preferably within June 30, 2027. While doing so, the Tribunal will be at liberty to shift back the next date of hearing and shall not grant any unnecessary adjournment to the parties.
5. There will be no order as to costs.
6. Urgent Photostat certified copies of this judgment, if applied for, be made available to the parties upon compliance with the requisite formalities.
(Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.) I agree.
(Sandip Kumar De, J.)
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