IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction

Appellate Side

Present : The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya

&

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Uday Kumar

WPLRT No. 115 of 2025

Paban Kumar Sarkar @ Paban Sarkar

-vs-

The State of West Bengal and others

For the appellant : Mr. Sattik Rout,

Mr. Anupam Ghosh, Ms. Sudeshna Maji.

For the State : Sk. Md. Galib, Ld. Sr. Govt. Adv.,

Mr. Tamal Taru Panda.

Heard on : August 18, 2025. Judgment on : August 18, 2025.

Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.:

1. The affidavit-of-service filed in Court today be kept on record.

2. Despite service, none appears for the private respondent no.

5, namely, Laxmi Hasda, although the State, along with the petitioner, is represented by counsel.

3. Accordingly, we take up the matter for hearing ex parte against private respondent no. 5.

4. The present challenge has been preferred against a judgment and order of the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal whereby the challenge preferred by the present petitioner against an order of the Sub-Divisional Land & Land Reforms Officer, Dakshin Dinajpur, in Appeal Case No. 80 of 2012, affirming an adjudication that the private respondent no. 5, Laxmi Hasda, was a ‘bargadar