Item No.11

05.01.2026

Court. No. 2

SKG

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT

IN THE CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI

APPELLATE JURISDICTION

WPA 2579 of 2025 Sri Agnimoy Ganguly

VS

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Bapi Sarkar,

Mr.Roumyadip Sahu

… for the Petitioner.

Mr. Pretom Das,

Mr. Bikash Singha

… for the State.

Mr. Dipankar Das, Ms. Supriya Singh, Ms. Susmita Ghosh

…for N.H.A.I

Mr. Sudipto Kumar Mazumder, Ld. DSGI

Mr. Sourab Kar, CGC

…for the Union of India

Respondent no. 1 & 2

1. The petitioner has challenged the decision of the

Special Learned Acquisition Officer, Cooch Behar

dated December 2, 2025.

2. By the order impugned, the concerned authority

rejected the claim of the petitioner, seeking compensation on the basis of a notification dated February 9, 2016 published by the Joint Secretary,

Ministry of Rural Development.

3. Learned Advocate for the petitioner challenges the

above order on various grounds. First ground taken is that, the order suffers from mis-appreciation of

law. The National Highway Authority is an instrumentality of the Union. The appropriate Government is the Central Government. The notification should have been made applicable by applying the multiplier 2 in place of 1.1. The authority erroneously hel