The Calcutta High Court on Friday stayed the demolition of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan’s Falta personal residence.

The court passed the order considering that no prior notice was given, as Khan and his wife were presently in jail and were unable to receive or participate in any hearing pertaining to the demolition of his house. Whereas, the West Bengal administration claimed multiple notices were issued for illegal construction.

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The court observed that the petitioner was admittedly in custody at the relevant time, and no attempt was made to serve notice upon him at the correctional home. “Though the authority submits that the authority was ignorant about the said fact, the issue needs to be dealt with at a later stage…In view of the above, this Court is inclined to hold that the State needs to substantiate service of notice of hearing by the Hearing Officer as well as the Executive Officer upon the petitioner before further demolition of the petitioner’s residential house is allowed to continue,” the court ruled.

After TMC fall, Khan was arrested in June this year near the India-Nepal border on multiple criminal charges including murder, extortion and land grabbing.

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During the election time, Khan’s video proclaiming himself as ‘Pushpa’ has went viral on social media. The video showed him challenging  IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, the then election observer over voter intimidation and questioning heavy police deployment at TMC’s candidate Khan’s house.