Form No. J (2)

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Debangsu Basak And The Hon’ble Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi FMA 77 of 2025 IA NO: CAN/1/2025 Asiruddin Sk vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Appellant : Mr. Gangadhar Das, Advocate Mr. Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Anwari Quraishi, Advocate Mr. Mohim Chowdhury, Advocate For the Respondent No.7 : Ms. Chaitali Bhattacharyya, Advocate Mr. Swarvanu Saha, Advocate Mr. Nitin Singhania, D.M. Malda (in virtual platform)

Heard on : 05.02.2025 Judgment on : 05.02.2025 DEBANGSU BASAK, J.:-

1. Appeal is at the behest of the appellant and directed against the judgment and order dated December 5, 2024 passed in WPA 21947 of 2022.

Signed By :

2. Learned advocate appearing for the appellant submits that, contract for running and operating Pirganj Balarampur Ferry Ghat (for the sake of convenience referred to as the ‘Ferry Ghat’) was awarded to the private respondent in a public auction held in terms of the auction notice dated July 13, 2020. He submits that, the contract was for a period of two years. However, subsequently, the contract should extend unilatera