08.01.2026 Sl No.A 683 Ct. No.15 S.A.

WPA 12161 of 2024 Jyotirindra Chattopadhyay -vs-

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay Ms. Koushikee Banerjee Mr. Sarbajit Choudhuri …for the petitioner Ms. Sabnam De Bardhan Mr. Ranjit Rajak …for the State It is the case of the petitioner that Respondent Nos. 15 to 23 have raised unauthorised construction on certain plots referred to in paragraph 3 of the writ petition. The petitioner claims to be one of the co-

sharers of the said lands.

The petitioner further alleges that, in violation of an injunction order passed in a partition suit pending between the parties, Respondent Nos. 15 to

23 have carried out such unauthorised construction.

The photographs appearing at pages 52 and 53 of the writ petition make it abundantly clear that, at the time of filing of the writ petition, the construction of a one-storied residential building had already been completed.

Having consciously permitted the construction to proceed and having approached this Court only after substantial completion of the structure, the petitioner cannot now contend that the construction is being carried out without a sanctioned plan.

Such conduct attracts the well-