IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA (CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION)

APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee WPA 6280 of 2012 Narayan Chandra Saha & Ors.

-Vs.-

State of West Bengal & Anr.

For the Petitioners : Mr. Milan Chandra Bhattacharjee, Sr. Adv., Ms. Sulagna Bhattacharjee.

For the State : Mr. Pinaki Dhole, Mr. Sayan Datta.

Heard on : 20.03.2025 Judgment on : 08.04.2025 Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.:-

1. A group of modest traders, displaced from a prior market and subsequently rehabilitated within the precincts of B.C. Roy Market, have now sought intervention of this Court through the present writ petition, with an earnest appeal for an order restraining the respondents from interfering with their peaceful possession of the premises and/or places from which they are currently running their respective businesses, and further, seeking a directive to the respondents for the grant of a permanent lease of said premises and/or places in their favour.

2. Prior to venturing to delve into the contentious issue involved in the writ petition, it would be apt to allude the key facts, as projected in the writ petition, which are as follows:

a) The case has a chequered hist