Barin Ghosh, J.: The subject matter of challenge in the instant writ petition appears to be the claim of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation on account of certain minor and technical infringement of Building Rules relating to construction of property belonging to the petitioner.

2. Despite opportunities having been granted, no affidavit-in-opposition has been filed by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "the respondent Corporation"). Despite requests made by the Court the learned counsel for the respondent Corporation could not furnish the break up of such charges. The learned counsel for the respondent Corporation also could not inform this Court the basis of the claim of such charges.

3. It is the case of the petitioner in the petition as well as in the supplementary affidavit filed on 26th July, 2001 and not denied by the respondent Corporation that premises No. 5A, Lord Sinha Road, Calcutta, consists of land area measuring about 2 bighas and that the owners thereof, namely, Raj Kumar Jhunjhunwala, Ashok Kumar Jhunjhunwala, Vijoy Kumar Jhunjhunwala and Vinod Kumar Jhunjhunwala, got B.S. Plan No. 20/III dated 25th August, 1981 sanctioned by the res