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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
PARTHA SARATHI SEN
Supriya Dutta – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. writ petitioner's claim of land possession. (Para 1 , 3 , 5 , 8) |
| 2. arguments regarding land acquisition proceedings. (Para 4 , 6 , 10 , 18 , 29 , 40) |
| 3. court's analysis on requisition's validity. (Para 12 , 14 , 22 , 27) |
| 4. supreme court precedents on acquisition validity. (Para 25 , 74) |
| 5. dismissal of writ petition. (Para 80 , 81) |
JUDGMENT :
PARTHA SARATHI SEN, J.
1. By filing the instant writ petition, the writ petitioners have prayed for issuance of appropriate writ/writs against the respondents/authorities prohibiting them to take possession and/or creating any disturbance and/or causing any interference with regard to the writ petitioner’s possession in respect of the land being RS Plot nos. 3777, 3775 and 3788 along with other ancillary reliefs.
2. At the time of hearing Mr. Chatterjee, learned advocate appearing on behalf of the writ petitioners at the very outset draws attention of this Court to page nos. 20a, 21a and 22a of the instant writ petition being the copies of three RS ROR in respect of the aforementioned three plots of land as stood in the name of one Prafulla Kumari Dutta.
3. Drawing attention to paragraph no.9 of the instant writ petition it is sub
The absence of valid title documents negates a party's standing to contest land acquisition, as legally requisite procedures had been followed.
The court established that lapsed acquisition notices under the 1948 Act result in the revival of original ownership, and subsequent notices cannot validate expired proceedings.
Failure to issue an award within the stipulated period under Act II of 1948 causes acquisition proceedings to lapse, necessitating a new process under Act XXX of 2013 for compensation.
Failure to comply with statutory timelines for land acquisition leads to the lapse of the acquisition, reviving the original owner's title to the land.
Failure to issue an award within the stipulated period under the Land Acquisition Act results in lapse of notice, affecting the validity of the acquisition process and requiring compensation under Ac....
The court ruled that prior land acquisition proceedings lapsed due to non-compliance with statutory timelines, necessitating fresh proceedings under the 2013 Land Acquisition Act.
Without compliance with statutory notice publication and compensation disbursement requirements under the West Bengal Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, land acquisition is invalid, and state au....
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