Kolkata,
Oct 17: Calcutta High Court will hear a petition, filed by the West Bengal
Government seeking judicial order against the Union Government's decision to
withdraw para-military forces in trouble-torn Darjeeling hills. Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee has already dashed off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh with a request not to take off the
central forces from the Hills when the situation was gradually returning to
normal. On Sunday the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) said it will withdraw ten
companies of central forces from October 16 and the remaining five from October
20th onwards. However, after a phone call from the Chief Minister to Mr Singh,
the latter agreed to reduce it to seven companies only, effective from October
16. Ms Banerjee resented the move of the Centre and said it was a unilateral
decision and amounted to violation of the spirit of federal structure. She said
it was also violation of Calcutta High Court order of July 16 in which the judges
asked the Centre to take care of the State Government demand. However, with the
latest Central Government order, the state counsels today moved an application
against the Union Government's decision to withdraw the para-military forces. A
hearing is expected around 1400 hours this afternoon. UNI
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