Abdul Hakim Mondal v. State Of West Bengal & ORS

24.12.2020 ap WPA No.15857 of 2019 Sibnath Choudhury Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

with WPA No.1554 of 2020 Bharatiya Janata Party Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

with WPA No.2985 of 2020 Kanchan Sikdar Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

with WPA No.3651 of 2020 Biswajit Ghosh Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

with WPA No.3786 of 2020 Manick Mukherjee & anr.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

with WPA No.4418 of 2020 Dipak Thakur & anr.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Sadhan Kumar Halder, ... for petitioner.

Mr. Sankar Halder ... for respondent no.4. (for WPA 15857 of 2019) Mr. Anindya Lahiri, Mr. Samrat Dey Pal, Mr. Argha Chowdhury .... For petitioner.

(for WPA 2985 of 2020)

Mr. Aniruddha Chatterjee, Mr. Arnab Sardar ... for petitioners.

(for WPA 3786 of 2020) Mr. N. C. Bihani, Mrs. Papiya Banerjee Bihani, ... for Election Commission.

Mr. Anant Kumar Shaw Mr. Mainak Ganguly Mr. Nirmalya Dasgupta ... for petitioners (in WPA 4418 OF 2020) Mr. Bihani, learned advocate appears on behalf of the Election Commission and submits with reference to order dated 8th December, 2020, passed in these writ petitions. His instructions are, on 17th December, 2020 appellant prayed for adjournment before the Supreme Court. Said Court fixed hearing of the matter in the new year. Some writ petitions relate to other Municipalities, apart from Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Position taken by the Commission before the Supreme Court is that elections cannot be declared before February, 2021. Hence, he prays for listing in the new year, awaiting decision on similar question pending before the Supreme Court. Petitioners are represented.

List these writ petitions under same heading on 21st January, 2021.

(Arindam Sinha, J.)