Authority: Calcutta High Court
Order Date: 03 September 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioners: Sanei Bikes Private Limited and others, represented by counsel Oishik Chatterjee, Ivi Banerjee, Manish Shukla.
- Respondents: State of West Bengal and others, represented by counsel Anindya Basak, Jayita Dhar Chakraborty, Avijit Mukherjee; also Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation represented by Avinash Kankani, Anish Kr. Mukherjee.
- The petition challenged an order dated 21 January 2026 issued by the appellate authority under section 18 of the West Bengal Inland Fisheries Act, 1984, which affirmed a 23 March 2024 order of the Commissioner, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation.
- Underlying issue: construction of a three‑storey mild‑steel commercial structure on a plot (7 cottah, 2 cottah 10 chhittack 40 sq ft, Dag No. 463, Mouza Mahisbathan) recorded as a water body (“bil/pukur”) without prior conversion permission.
- The Commissioner, after reviewing a report dated 9 March 2020, found the land was a water body and no conversion approval had been obtained. The appellate authority upheld this finding.
- Petitioners failed to produce any material evidence of prior conversion approval.
Final Outcome
- The Court found no merit in the writ petition and dismissed it.
- The interim stay previously granted by a coordinate Bench was vacated.
- Any pending interlocutory applications were dismissed, leaving the original 23 March 2024 order of the Commissioner in force.
Topics: Land Use Regulation, Construction Compliance, Judicial Review