IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Civil Appellate Jurisdiction

Appellate Side

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Debangsu Basak

And

The Hon’ble Justice Prasenjit Biswas

MAT 292 of 2024

The Principal Chief Wild Life Warden and Ors.

Vs.

Sukanta Mallick and Anr.

For the Appellants : Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay, Adv.

Mr. Kushal Das, Adv.

For the Respondents : Mr. Senthil Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Abhinav Rakshit, Adv.

Hearing Concluded on : August 11, 2025

Judgement on : September 18, 2025

DEBANGSU BASAK, J.:-

1. Appellants have assailed the judgment and order dated

December 19, 2023 passed in WPA 25583 of 2023.

2. By the impugned judgment and order, learned Single Judge has set aside the rejection of the declaration of the writ petitioner under the PARIVESH Rules, 2020 with regard to possession of parent birds, progeny as well as transfer of the specimens. Learned Single Judge has directed that the declaration given by the writ petitioner on such ground shall be deemed to be valid for all practical purposes within the

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contemplation of the Rules of 2020. Learned Single Judge has set aside the rejection of the breeders species licence of the writ petitioner and dire