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2026 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 486

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
Debangsu Basak, Md. Shabbar Rashidi, JJ
THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL – Appellant
Versus
SHILADITYA BANERJEE – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Mr. Kishore Dutta, Ld. Advocate General, Mr. Partha Pratim Roy, Adv., Mr. Biswaroop Bhattacharyya, Adv., Ms. Nilanjana Adhya, Adv., Mr. Paritosh Sinha, Adv., Mr. Debayan Sen, Adv., Mr. Niket Ojha, Adv., Ms. Swagata Ghosh, Adv.
For the Respondents: Mr. S.N. Mookherjee, Sr. Adv., Mr. Sabyasachi Sen, Adv., Mr. Rajarshi Dutta, Adv., Mr. Pranit Bag, Adv., Mr. Ramanuj Roy Chowdhuri, Adv., Mr. Swapan Nath, Adv., Mr. Rachit Lakhmani, Adv., Ms. Shreyasi Nath, Adv.

1. Appellant has assailed the order dated September 11, 2025 passed in EC 7 of 2025, in this appeal.

2. Learned Advocate General appearing for the appellant has contended that, the state acquired the properties belonging to the respondents invoking the provisions of the West Bengal Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1948 . The Collector has passed an award on February 28, 1997 with regard to such acquisition.

3. Parties had made a reference to the Land Acquisition Court and such reference was disposed of by the judgment and order dated August 17, 2001. The respondents had filed an execution petition before the Alipore Court in 2005 seeking to execute the award dated February 28, 1997. Appellant had preferred an appeal from the judgement and order dated August 17, 2001. In such appeal, appellant had made a deposit before the Registrar General of this Hon’ble Court on September 7, 2017.

4. Learned Advocate General has drawn the attention of the Court to the order passed by the Appeal Court on September 8, 2017 as also subsequent developments with regard to the execution proceedings.

5. Learned Advocate General has submitted that, the respondents filed an execution petition in the H

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