Yesterday, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen approaches the Calcutta High Court challenging the notice issued by the Visva-Bharati University asking him to vacate 13 decimals of land at his Shantinikentan residence by May 6.

The matter will be heard by a bench of Justice Bibhas Ranjan De. He had earlier moved a court in Suri challenging the varsity’s eviction notice but was forced to move HC after the court set May 15 as the date of hearing, after the varsity’s deadline of May 6.

Visva-Bharati, a central varsity, claims that Sen has “illegally occupied” the 13 decimal of land and said it would evict the economist if it fails to vacate it within the May 6 deadline.

In his petition before the High Court, Sen argues that his father Ashutosh Sen, who later built ‘Pratichi’, was given 1.38 acres of land on a 99-year lease by then Visva-Bharati general secretary Rabindranath Tagore in October 1943.

The varsity sent the notice to Sen on April 19. The varsity claims that Sen is in occupation of 1.38 acres of land on the Santinikentan campus, 13 decimal of land above his legal entitlement of 1.25 acres.