JUDGMENT :

SUVRA GHOSH, J.

1. The petitioners are aggrieved by the notice issued by the Custodian of Enemy Property for India in two newspapers The Telegraph and Anandabazar Patrika on February 16, 2023, restricting transfer/sale of enemy properties. The notice informs that eight immovable properties situated at 47, Matheswartala road, Kolkata-700046 are vested with the Custodian of the Enemy Property for India.

2. The petitioners claim to be joint lessees in respect of the property in question wherein they are developing a residential complex through petitioner no. 15. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the eight properties declared to be vested are not demarcated and cannot be identified for which the public notice issued by the respondents has adversely affected the petitioners’ property, restraining transfer of flats and constructed space therein. Drawing the attention of the Court to annexure P-1 of the writ petition, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the plot in question was originally owned by Indian nationals and not by any foreign national. Though undivided shares/interest in the property were leased out to the petitioners, each of the properties