Form No. J(2)

In the High Court at Calcutta

Civil Appellate Jurisdiction

Appellate Side

Present: The Hon’be Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya

And

The Hon’ble Justice Uday Kumar

W.P.L.R.T. 7 of 2011

Md. Soleman, since deceased, representatives by his legal heirs

Taslema and others

Vs.

The State of West Bengal and others

For the petitioners : Mr. Shyamal Chakraborty

Mr. Debajyoti Mondal

Mr. Achintya Mukherjee

Mr. Swastik Polley

For the State : Mr. Supratim Dhar, Snr. Adv.

Mr. Debashish Chakraborty

Heard on : 21.08.2025 & 26.08.2025

Judgment on : 26.08.2025

Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.:-

1. The present challenge has been preferred against an order passed by the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal, whereby the Tribunal has rejected the petitioners’ prayer for a direction on the respondents to decide the representation of the writ petitioners on merits by holding that the same was barred by limitation due to the delay of about sixty years.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners cites certain judgments in support of his arguments.

3. The contention raised by the writ petitioners before the respondent-authorities, as revealed from the purported application in the form of a representation before the Col