IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Kausik Chanda W.P.A. 16981 OF 2024 KISHORI LAL PODDAR -VERSUS-

BIDHANNAGAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS.

AND W.P.A. 16979 OF 2024 KISHORI LAL PODDAR -VERSUS-

BIDHANNAGAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS.

For the petitioner and : Mr. Om Narayan Rai, Sr. Adv., Mr. Prashant Agarwal, Adv., Mr. Badal Singh, Adv.

For private respondents : Mr. Debanik Banerjee, Adv., Mr. S. S. Biswas, Adv., Mr. Huzaifa Shahid, Adv.

For B.M.C. : Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay, Adv., Mr. Arka Kumar Nag, Adv., Mr. Tirthankar Dey, Adv.

For the State : Mr. Srijan Nayak, Adv., (W.P.A. No.16979 of 2024) Ms. Rituparna Maitra, Adv.

Hearing concluded on : 28.02.2025 Judgment on : 08.05.2025 Kausik Chanda, J.:-

The present two writ petitions arise out of a long-standing dispute concerning alleged unauthorised constructions carried out by the petitioner at premises no. AK-128, Sector II, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700091. The constructions include a kitchen, a toilet allegedly erected infringing the mandatory open space.

2. A series of complaints were received by the Bihdannagar Municipal Corporation (in short, the Corporation