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2025 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 2666

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Soumen Sen, Smita Das De, JJ
Abahelito Students Alliance (ASA) – Appellant
Versus
The State of West Bengal – Respondent
WPA (P) 81 of 2025 | WPA (P) 442 of 2023 | WPA (P) 519 of 2023

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Uday Sankar Chatterjee, Mr. Anindya Sundar Das, Mr. Syed Ali Afzal, Mr. Debapriya Samanta, Mr. Pranay Basak, Ms. Suva Gayen, Ms. Paramita Mondal, Mr. Suman Halder, Mr. Md. Sohail
For the Respondents: Mr. Kalyan Bandopadhyay, Sr. Adv., Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay, Sr. S.C., Mr. Arka Kumar Nag, Ms. Sumita Shaw, Mr. Debangshu Dinda, Mr. Sandip Dasgupta

The court emphasized the importance of timely filing affidavits and compliance with procedural orders in administrative matters.

Headnote:The judgment pertains to several writ petitions against the State of West Bengal concerning procedural delays in the state's filing of affidavits. The court directed the filing of a comprehensive affidavit-in-opposition before a specified date to address all issues in the case. The court also mandated the tracing of a previously filed affidavit pertinent to one of the petitions. The final order mandates compliance by the state regarding the affidavit’s availability.

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1. representations made for adjournment and affidavit submission. (Para 1 , 2)
2. court's directive for adherence to procedural timelines. (Para 3 , 4)
3. mandate to ensure accessibility of previously filed documents. (Para 5 , 6)

1. Mr. Kalyan Bandopadhyay, learned Senior Counsel appears and submits that he would be representing the State and has prayed for time to file a comprehensive affidavit-in-opposition in respect of all the three matters. It is assured that the said affidavit shall address all the issues raised in the three writ petitions.

2. A comprehensive affidavit-in-opposition shall be filed on or before 16^th July, 2025 upon prior service to the learned Advocates for the writ petitioners.

3. The matter stands adjourned till 17th July, 2025

4. The direction to file affidavit-in-opposition is peremptory.

5. The department is directed to trace out the affidavit filed by the State in WPA (P) 442 of 2023 affirmed by one Mr. Shiladitya Chakraborty on 25th September, 2023. It appears from the order dated 27^th March, 2025 that the said affidavit was on record.

6. Hence, the department is directed to immediately trace out the affidavit and must ensure that the said affidavit is available on the adjourned date.

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2025 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 2666

CALCUTTA HIGH COURTSoumen Sen, Smita Das De, JJAbahelito Students Alliance (ASA) – AppellantVersusThe State of West Bengal – RespondentWPA (P) 81 of 2025 | WPA (P) 442 of 2023 | WPA (P) 519 of 2023

The court emphasized the importance of timely filing affidavits and compliance with procedural orders in administrative matters.

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Soumen Sen, Smita Das De, JJ
Abahelito Students Alliance (ASA) – Appellant
Versus
The State of West Bengal – Respondent
WPA (P) 81 of 2025 | WPA (P) 442 of 2023 | WPA (P) 519 of 2023