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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
DEBANGSU BASAK, MD.SHABBAR RASHIDI
Tilak Ratan Realtors Pvt. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Kolkata Municipal Corporation – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
DEBANGSU BASAK, J.
1. Appellants have assailed the judgement and order dated April 21, 2021 passed in WPO 579 of 2018, a writ petition filed by them.
2. By the impugned judgement and order dated April 21, 2021, learned Single Judge has dismissed the writ petition of the appellants seeking mutation of a property as the owner thereof after imposing costs of Rs. 25 lakhs to be paid by the appellants to the West Bengal State Legal Service Authority, Kolkata. Learned Single Judge has also directed the Registrar General of the High Court to initiate appropriate proceedings under Section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the appellants.
3. Learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the appellants has contended that, the appellants approached the High Court by way of a writ petition complaining of inaction on the part of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) in not mutating the name of the appellant No. 1 as the owner of premises No. 15A, Armenian Street, Kolkata-700001. He has referred to Section 183 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 and contended that, such provision makes it obligatory for the Municipal Commissioner to mutate the name of the p
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