Form No.J(2)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION

APPELLATE SIDE

Present :

The Hon’ble Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury

WPA 20971 of 2025

With

CAN 1 of 2025

Smritilekha Mukherjee

Versus

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the petitioners : Mr. Ratikanta Pal.

For the State : Mr. Suddhadev Adak,

Mr. Chandan Mondal.

For the Purulia : Mr. Sougata Mitra,

Municipality. Mr. Nikhil Kr. Gupta,

Ms. Soma Chakraborty, Mr. Subhadeep Maitra.

For the respondent : Mr. Surajit Basu.

Heard on : 04.12.2025. Judgment on : 04.12.2025

Raja Basu Chowdhury, J (Oral):

In re: CAN 1 of 2025

1. The matter pertains to issuance of a death certificate of Gour Baran

Mukherjee in favour of Smt. Smritilekha Mukherjee, the petitioner herein. A connected application has been filed, inter alia, praying for addition of party by one Kunal Mukherjee, who claims himself to be

the son of Gour Baran Mukherjee.

2. Considering the fact that the death certificate is of the applicant’s father, I am of the view that the applicant should be added as a party to the petition.

3. Accordingly, I grant leave to the petitioner’s advocate-on-record to add Kunal Mukherjee as a party to the writ petition.

4. Mr Basu, learned advocate accepts se