22.09.2025 Sl. No. 33 Ct No. 3 SG WPA 4920 of 2023 Sri Jayanta Kumar Das & Anr.

Vs The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. S.T. Mina, Ms. Priyanka Das, Mr. Pratick Sardar, Mr. Avisek Das.

…for the petitioners Mr. Biswajit Mukherjee, Ms. Manisha Nath.

…for KMC Mr. Santanu Mitra, Ms. Rama Halder.

…for the State Mr. Avirup Chatterjee, Mr. Rishov Das.

…for the private respondent

1. The petitioner in the present writ petition, seeks a direction upon the respondents to delete/cancel the name of Shaidul Islam and to restore the name of Kali Sankar Das as the owner in respect of premises no. 30/6, Fazlul Haque Sarani, Kolkata, as recorded in the records of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

2. The case of the Petitioner is that his deceased father, late Kali Sankar Das, was recorded in the municipal records under Assessee No. 11-064-19-00310 qua the abovementioned premises. From the year 1965 until 2020, the municipal records reflected his name as the owner of the property. Upon the demise of late Kali Sankar Das, the Petitioner, being his legal heir, claims to have succeeded to the said property.

3. On 08.04.2022, while approaching the office of the Respondent Corporation to collect the property tax bill