1. Affidavit of service filed today be kept on record.
2. The matter has a chequered history, relating back to the year
1954. On May 28, 1954, the father/predecessor-in-interest of
the original applicants, namely Gour, Nityananda, Bankim and
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Kanailal and the wife of the settlor, Kshetra Mohan, namely
Kaushallya, transferred the disputed property in the said
applicants’ favour by way of a registered deed of settlement.
The present writ petitioners are the said transferees and/or
their legal heirs.
3. The said transfers were sought to be challenged in a
proceeding under Section 5A of the West Bengal Estates
Acquisition Act, 1953 and the deeds were cancelled in such
proceeding. A challenge was preferred against such
cancellation, which succeeded.