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2023 Supreme(Cal) 1636

SUBRATA TALUKDAR, SUPRATIM BHATTACHARYA
State of West Bengal – Appellant
Versus
K. C. Das Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : Mr. S.N. Mookherjee, Ld. A.G., Mr. T.M. Siddiqui, Mr. Soumitra Bandopadhyay, Mr. Aniruddha Sen.
For the Respondent:Mr. Saktinath Mukherjee, Ld. Sr. Adv., Mr. Saptangsu Basu, Ld. Sr. Adv., Mr. Tapas Sil, Ld. Advocate, Mr. Subhabrata Datta.

Table of Content
1. determination of land's vacant status. (Para 1 , 2)
2. arguments against designation as excess land. (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. interpretation of section 2(g) of the act. (Para 18 , 21)
4. final order regarding judgment enforcement. (Para 24 , 27)
5. conclusion regarding land status and appeal success. (Para 26 , 28)

JUDGMENT :

(Subrata Talukdar, J.)

The short point to be decided in this appeal is whether the land in issue (hereinafter referred to as the said land) was a vacant land and, if that was so on the appointed date of coming into force of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 (for short, the 1976 Act) which was the 14th of February 1976, whether the Competent Authority (for short, referred to only as the CA) was entitled to declare the said land to be in excess.

2. The Hon’ble Single Bench by its Judgement and Order dated 14th of March 2017 in WP 11004 (W) of 2011, which is impugned in this appeal, has, inter alia, discussed as follows:-

    “25. Considering the submissions advanced by the learned Advocates appearing for the parties, perusing the records I find that it is evident from the schedule of the indenture dated 11th day of September, 1951, between Amuly

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