Form No.J(2)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

Civil Appellate Jurisdiction

Appellate Side

Present : The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya

&

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Supratim Bhattacharya

FMA No. 356 of 2018

The District Magistrate & Collector, Howrah and Ors.

Vs.

Shanti Devi Jaiswal, since deceased, represented by her heirs and

legal representatives Sri Pradip Jaiswal and Ors.

For the appellants : Mr. Supratim Dhar, Ld. Snr. Adv.

Ms. Amritalal Chatterjee, Adv.

For the respondents : Ms. Reshmi Ghosh, Adv.

For the added

respondent no. 12 : Mr. Jaharlal De, Ld. AGP,

Ms. Debarati Sen (Bose), Adv.

For the Howrah Zilla

Parishad : Ms. Mekhla Sinha, Adv.

For the alleged encroacher : Mr. Kiron Sk., Adv.

Heard on : November 27, 2025. Judgment on : November 27, 2025.

Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J.:

1. The present challenge has been preferred on behalf of the State authorities against a judgment dated March 7, 2014 passed in WP 8477 (W) of 2003.

2. At the outset, learned Senior counsel appearing for the State/appellants submits that the appellants would confine their arguments to the caustic remarks made by the learned Single Judge against the concerned Block Land and Land Reforms Officer (B.L. & L.R.O.) and the