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"Mr. Amal Baran Chatterjee, learned Counsel representing the State- respondents urged before this court that interdepartmental communications cannot confer any right on the appellants herein with regard to allotment of the plot.
However, from the aforesaid interdepartmental communications we find that the respondent authorities admittedly, considered the claim of the appellants for allotment of plot of land in the Salt Lake area and ultimately found a vacant plot for the purpose of allotment in favour of the said appellants in the year 1997. The said plot was, however, not allotted in favour of the appellants without assigning any reason by the competent authority.
In the aforesaid circumstances, we are to examine what prompted the respondent authorities to deny allotment in favour of the appellants in spite of entertaining the prayer of the said appellants for allotment of the plot and also locating a vacant plot for allotment in favour of the appellants.
Unfortunately, no reason has been disclosed by the respondent authorities before this Court explaining why after locating the aforesaid vacant plot bearing the number KB-20 in Sector-III of Bidhannagar was ultimately not allotted to the appellants at the relevant time. The reasons furnished by the Principal Secretary in the order dated 10th October, 2002 were admittedly, quashed by the order dated 29th June, 2004 passed by Soumitra Pal, J. in the writ petition being W.P. No. 340 of 2003. The subsequent order passed by the Principal Secretary on 30th September, 2004 was challenged before this Hon'ble court by the appellants in the writ petition being W.P. No. 958 of 2005, which was finally disposed of by the judgment and order under appeal dated 24th September, 2007. In the aforesaid reasoned order dated 30th September, 2004, the Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department, Government of West Bengal assigned the reasons for rejecting the claim of the appellants for allotment of the plot of land at Salt Lake. The relevant portions from the said reasoned order are quoted hereunder:-

For the aforementioned reasons, neither the reasoned order dated 30th September, 2004 passed by the Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department, Government of West Bengal nor the judgment and order under appeal passed by the learned Single Judge on 24th September, 2007 can be sustained. Therefore, we quash the order dated 30th September, 2004 passed by the Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department and set aside the judgment and order passed by the learned Single Judge.

We direct the Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal to consider the claim of the appellants regarding allotment of plot of land in Salt Lake area particularly Plot No. KB-20 in Sector-III of Bidhannagar, which was located for allotment in favour of the appellants for construction of company's own composite centre and mentioned in the Memo dated 19th November, 1997 of the Special Engineer, Salt Lake R. & D. circle without any further delay but positively within six weeks from the date of communication of this order following the same yardstick as had been applied to the other plot holders at the relevant time and also taking note of the observations made by us in this judgment. The Chief Secretary will also grant an opportunity of hearing to the representative of the appellants herein and pass a reasoned order within the time mentioned hereinabove.

"We direct the Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal to consider the claim of the appellants regarding allotment of plot of land in Salt Lake area particularly Plot No. KB-20 in Sector-III of Bidhannagar, which was located for allotment in favour of the appellants for construction of company's own composite centre and mentioned in the Memo dated 19th November, 1997 of the Sepcial Engineer, Salt Lake R. & D. circle without any further delay but positively within six weeks from the date of communication of this order following the same yardstick as had been applied to the other plot holders at the relevant time and also taking note of the observations made by us in this judgment. The Chief Secretary will also grant an opportunity of hearing to the representative of the appellants herein and pass a reasoned order within the time mentioned hereinabove."