30.07.2025.

Ct.No.7.

as WPA 3888 of 2017 Shyam Sundar Sharma Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Tanmay Mukherjee, Mr. Swapan Kumar Kar.

…for the Petitioner.

Mr. Ansar Mandal, Ld. AGP, Ms. Somashree Dey.

…for the State.

Mr. Ayan Banerjee, Mrs. Debasree Dhamali, Ms. Riya Ghosh. …for the SBSTC.

1. By preferring this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to pay compensation to the petitioner in respect of certain plots of land, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘2013 Act’).

2. Mr. Mukherjee, learned Advocate representing the petitioner, submits that for the purpose of constructing a bus depot for the South Bengal State Transport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "the Corporation"), the concerned respondents initiated land acquisition proceedings vide Case No. LA-II/36 of 1990–91, invoking the provisions of Act II of 1948. In pursuance thereof, a notice of requisition under Section 3(1) of the said Act was issued. Subsequently, possession of the petit