IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Debangsu Basak

And

The Hon’ble Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi

MAT 1186 of 2025

Shyamal Coomar Ghose

Vs.

The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority & Ors.

With

FMA 1341 of 2025

Shyamal Coomar Ghose

[

Vs.

The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority & Ors.

For the Appellant : Mr. Jayabrata Ghose, Adv.

Ms. Tina Biswas, Adv.

For the Respondents/ : Mr. Satyajit Talukdar, Adv.

KMDA Mr. Arindam Chatterjee, Adv.

For the State : Mr. Subhabrata Das, Adv.

Mr. Ayan Banerjee, Adv.

Heard on : 25.08.2025 Judgment on : 03.09.2025

Md. Shabbar Rashidi, J.:-

1. The appeal at the behest of the petitioner is directed against the common judgment and order dated June 10, 2025 passed in WPA 15503 of 2024 and WPA 24492 of 2024. By the impugned judgment and order, the learned Single Judge declined to exercise jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and dismissed the writ petitions.

2. The writ petitioner was allotted a land on lease for the purpose of construction of residential building thereon within a period of five years from the date of execution of the lease deed. The writ petitioner applied for extensi