JUDGMENT :

RAI CHATTOPADHYAY, J.

1. An order of the respondent No. 4 / the Director General (Building),Building Department, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (in short 'KMC'), dated October 09, 2021 and a corrigendum thereof dated October 26, 2021 are under challenge, in this writ petition.

2. The petitioner is a tenant at premises No. 80, Bentinck Street, Kolkata-700001, who says to have occupied 3802 sq. ft. carpet area on the Northern and North Eastern portion of the 1st floor of the said premises. He pays a monthly rent of Rs. 1225/-. Respondent No. 7 is the co-owner of the premises Nos. 80 and 81 Bentinck Street, Kolkata -700001, 1A Grant Lane, Kolkata -700012 and 80/5 Bentinck Street, Kolkata-700001. According to the writ petitioner, the premises Nos. 80 and 81 Bentinck Street are presently in a dilapidated and ruinous condition.

3. The petitioner has mentioned about receipt of a notice dated April22, 2019, under Section 412A of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 (in short the 'KMC Act'), seeking him and other few tenants to show cause as to why the building situated at 80 Bentinck Street shall not be declared to be a condemned or dangerous building for the purpose of Sectio