The CC Block Puja
Samity officials, however, said they were in control of the puja since 2019. “In 2021, the members of welfare association with the help of the then supporters of Trinamool took control of the puja. We got back control of the puja in 2023.
A senior executive member of Prakriti Bandhab Samity said they had only reconstituted the committee this year following legal norms. We were denied permission from the MLA so we moved court,” the member said. But then other association has moved court thwarting the preparations,” said Atanu Mahapatra, a senior member of the welfare association. This year, we started pandal preparations and had also got the idol to the pandal when members of the other committee tried to take forcible control of the puja prompting us to move court,” said a senior official of the samity.
Kolkata: Durga Puja preparations in at least two blocks in New Town have spilled into legal and internal disputes this year, with the societies approaching the high court after their puja organising committees split and are now locked in disagreements over the conduct of the festivities. At New Town Action Area II B, two committees have approached the high court over control of a six-year-old puja. “But the rebel group broke away and demanded control of the puja committee. We had started collecting donations.
this time, the committee has split and the rebel group after getting permission from the local MLA has started preparations for the puja While the puja was organised under the banner of New Town Prakriti Bandhab Samity till last year.
the hearing has not started for the other puja committee While the New Town CC Block Puja Samity’s case was taken up for hearing on Sept 16.
Both cases are pending before the single bench of Justice Krishna Rao. They were listed on Tuesday but were not taken up for hearing. The matters have been listed again on Wednesday and may be heard by the single judge.