D/L.13.

August 5, 2025.

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MNS WPLRT No. 113 of 2025 Subodh Mondal and others Vs.

The State of West Bengal and others Mr. Mrinal Kanti Ghosh … for the petitioners.

Sk. Md. Galib, Ld. AGP., Ms. Munmun Ganguly, Ms. Priyambada Singh …for the State-respondents.

1. Since no affidavits have been invited, it is deemed that none of the allegations made in the writ petition are admitted by the respondents.

2. In view of the relevant documents being annexed to the writ petition, the same is being taken up for hearing.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners argues that by the order which was impugned before the appellate authority, the Revenue Officer came to the conclusion that the petitioners were holding land beyond the ceiling limit and vested the same, without taking into consideration the fact that the predecessor-in-interest of the petitioners had already transferred a part of the property prior to the cut-off date of August 7, 1969 as per the contemplation of Section 14P of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 and, as such, erroneously clubbed those lands within the total land held by the petitioners/big raiyats.

4. Learned counsel further submits that a similar exercise was done earlier whi