JUDGMENT :

APURBA SINHA RAY, J.

1. By a common judgment dated 24.06.2022 the Learned Single Judge has disposed of four Writ Petitions being WPA 7505 of 2022 With WPA 7509 of 2022 With WPA 7511 of 2022 With WPA 7514 of 2022). Two appeals filed against the said judgment are also being disposed of by the instant common judgment.

2. (Re: Hospital Road Lake, Petrol Pump Lake and Office Road Lake)

a) The writ petitioners have entered into an agreement with Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW in short) for performance of the works of “cleaning and fishing rights of the hospital road lake, petrol pump lake and office road lake” vide agreement being No. CE/B/17/2019-2020 dated 27.08.2019 for a period of three years with a provision for extension of licence period for one or two years more, on payment of licence fees. Due to intervention of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the writ petitioner’s business had suffered losses and for which requests were made from the side of the writ petitioners to the respondent for reducing license fees or to extend the payment schedule but the respondent railway authorities did not pay any heed to such requests of the writ petitioners, though the said authorities grant