IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present :-

The Hon’ble Justice PARTHA SARATHI SEN WPA 21187 of 2012 Rameshwar Lal Agarwal .

-Vs-

Union of India & Ors.

For the Petitioner: Mr. Ram Anand Agarwala. Adv., Ms. Nibedita Pal, Adv., Mr. Ananda Gopal Mukherjee, Adv., Ms. Sonam Ray, Adv., Ms. Nasrin Khatoon, Adv.

For the respondents: Ms. Aparna Banerjee, Adv.

Hearing concluded on: 28.02.2025. Judgment on: 05.03.2025.

PARTHA SARATHI SEN, J. : –

1. The subject matter of the instant writ petition is the letter dated 13.01.2012 as issued by the respondent no.4/authority addressed to the writ petitioner whereby and whereunder the writ petitioner was communicated regarding rejection of the appeal as made by the writ petitioner for waiver of demurrage charges and wharfage charges.

2. For effective adjudication of the instant lis some facts leading to the filing of the instant writ petition are required to be discussed and those are dealt with hereinbelow in seriatim:-

i. On 05.03.2010 at about 17:05 hours one rake containing 90 containers of salt belonging to the writ petitioner was placed at Raniganj Goods Shed in DD I line.

ii. According to the writ petitioner i