JUDGMENT :

Moushumi Bhattacharya, J.

1. The petitioner has prayed for a Mandamus directing the Administrator General & Official Trustee (AG & OT) of West Bengal (respondent no. 2) to restore possession of the shop room and certain other spaces at premises no 56C, Mirza Ghalib Street, Kolkata -16 to the petitioner. The petitioner also prays for a Mandamus and appropriate directions on the respondent no. 2 / AG & OT and the Officer-in-Charge, Park Street Police Station (respondent no. 3) from disturbing the peaceful physical possession of the petitioner in respect of the said shop room.

2. The parties before the Court are the petitioner, Asif Latif, the respondent nos. 2 and 3, as described above and the respondent no. 4, who is the Manager of the Armenian College & Philanthropic Academy situated at 56B, Mirza Ghalib Street, Kolkata -16.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner claims that the petitioner's father, Abdul Latif, since deceased, was a monthly tenant of the shop room under the respondent no.4 and was in possession of the shop room at the time of his death. Counsel submits that the rent for the said space used to be given by Paramount Refrigeration Company which was th