IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ORIGINAL SIDE Present:

THE HON’BLE JUSTICE RAJASEKHAR MANTHA AND THE HON’BLE JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR GUPTA APO 86 /2025 IA NO: GA/1/2025, GA/2/2025 KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ORS.

VS.

RIHAN SANYAL & ORS.

WITH APOT/187/2025 IA NO: GA/2/2025, GA/3/2025 UJJWAL KUMAR SARKAR & ORS.

VS.

SRI RIHAN SANYAL & ORS.

WITH OCOT/5/2025 KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ORS.

VS.

SRI RIHAN SANYAL & ORS.

For the Kolkata Municipal Corporation : Mr. Partha Sarathi Bhattacharjee, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Swapan Kr. Debnath, Adv.

Mr. Subhrangsu Panda, Adv.

For the Respondent Nos. 5-10/

Appellants in APOT/187/2025 : Mr. Jayanta Kr. Mitra, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Sudip Ghosh, Adv.

Sk. Imtiajuddin, Adv.

Mr. Bidish Ghosh, Adv.

For the Writ Petitioners/

Cross-Objectors : Mr. Ranajit Chatterjee, Adv.

Mr. Prasenjit De, Adv.

Mr. Aniruddha Mitra, Adv.

For the State in APO 86/2025 : Mr. Asish Kumar Guha, Adv.

Mr. Rajendra Chaturvedi, Adv.

For the State in APOT 187/2025 : Mr. Tapan Kr. Mukherjee, AGP Ms. Sangeeta Roy, Adv.

Ms. Tuli Sinha, Adv.

Reserved on : 11.12.2025 Judgment on : 19.12.2025 Ajay Kumar Gupta, J:

1. These three appeals have been taken up for hearing analogously and for disposal by a common