JUDGMENT :

Jay Sengupta, J.

1. This is an application to hold a public meeting.

2. Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the petitioner is taken on record.

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits as follows. The petitioner is the General Secretary of the Basirhat organizational district of the opposition political party in the State. He intended to organize an open political meeting on 10.3.2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Sudarikhali, P.O. Agarhati, P.S. Nazat, North 24 Parganas. As the police denied permission, the petitioner was compelled to approach this Court. However, after the petitioner filed the writ petition, the local Administration imposed an order under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the said area. This is an area where no such order had been promulgated earlier since the onset of agitations at the Sandeshkhali area over allegations of land grabbing and sexual assaults. The area where the alleged disturbances had taken place under the Sandeshkhali P.S. no further order has been promulgated under Section 144 of the Code. However, to avoid any further complication, the petitioner, for the present, would not challenge the promu