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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
KRISHNA RAO
Sabyasachi Mullick Chowdhury – Appellant
Versus
National Wetland Authority – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The petitioner has filed an application being CAN No. 6 of 2025 praying for the following orders:
“(a) An order granting leave to the petitioner’s Advocate to serve a copy of the present application upon the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
(b) An order of stay of the purported takeover order dated May 27, 2025, passed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
(c) An order of stay directing the Kolkata Municipal, its men, agents and assigns from carrying out any further work without the due leave of this Hon’ble Court.
(d) Ad Interim orders in terms of prayers made above.
(e) Pass such other or further order or orders be passed and/or direction or directions be given as your Lordships may deem fir and proper.”
2. The petitioner has filed further application being CAN No. 7 of 2025 praying for following orders:
“(a) Directions be passed for adding the proposed respondent namely Municipal Commissioner, Kolkata Municipal Corporation having its office at 5 S.N. Banerjee Road, Kolkata 700013 herein in array of the parties as respondent no.8A in the instant writ petition being WPA No.21710 of 2022;
(b) An order directing the concerned department to carry out the necessary amendments in the c
The court affirmed that violations of prior orders justify judicial intervention despite available alternative remedies.
Notice to restore land classified as 'Bastu' without proper inquiry is arbitrary; judicial review mandates reasoned decisions backed by evidence.
The duty to restore and conserve wetlands is a constitutional responsibility, overriding private property disputes, under the East Kolkata Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Act, 2006.
A decision by an authority impugned in a writ petition cannot be sustained if it fails to follow the directions in an earlier writ petition passed by a competent court.
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