Page No.# 1/9 GAHC010261052017 2025:GAU-AS:10545 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/2333/2017 HARIPADA DAS and 84 ORS. S/O- LATE T DAS 2: NIROD DAS S/O- NITAI DAS 3: MAN HARI BARMAN S/O- M BARMAN 4: KRISHNA DAS S/O- BANGSHIRAM DAS 5: JAGADISH DAS S/O- B DAS 6: SACHINDRA BARMAN S/O- LATE S BARMAN 7: DINESH ROY S/O- LATE PRANESH ROY 8: SANJAY DAS S/O- S M DAS 9: RAJKISHORE DAS S/O- R M DAS 10: RABINDRA DAS S/O- LATE MAESH DAS 11: JITU DAS S/O- T DAS 12: BISHAKA BOISHNAB Page No.# 2/9 W/O- B BOISHNAB 13: AMRIT DAS S/O- LATE G DAS 14: DIPAK DAS S/O- DIBAKAR DAS 15: KUMUD DAS S/O- K C DAS 16: HEMENDRA DAS S/O- SRIHARI DAS 17: NIRANJAN DAS S/O- NITAI DAS 18: SABLAL DAS S/O- B DAS 19: BINANDA BOISHNAB S/O- I BOISHNAB 20: SUDAN BARMAN S/O- S BARMAN 21: SUBUDH DAS S/O- S DAS 22: JOIKRISHNA BOISHNAB S/O- S BOISHNAB 23: GOPAL DAS S/O- M L DAS 24: DIPAK ADHIKARI S/O- LATE BASUDEV ADHIKARI 25: SUNAKA BARMAN W/O- B BARMAN 26: JITENDRA CHANDRA DAS S/O- G B DAS 27: MONOBANCHANA BOISHNAB W/O- KARTIK BOISHNAB 28: AMAR CHANDRA DAS Page No.# 3/9 S/O- LATE L DAS 29: AJIT DAS S/O- N DAS 30: MALLIKA BALA DAS D/O- S DAS 31: SADHANA BALA DAS W/O- M L DAS 32: SULEKHA DAS W/O- MOLOY DAS 33: ANIL DAS S/O- A DAS 34: CHITTA RANJAN SARKAR S/O- LATE M SARKAR 35: BENU DAS S/O- B DAS 36: HARI DAS S/O- L M DAS 37: NARENDRA BOISHNAB S/- B BOISHNAB 38: JATINDRA DAS S/O- S DAS 39: JAGADISH CHOUDHURY S/O- I CHOUDHURY 40: KALPANA DAS W/O- N DAS 41: NITAI BOISHNAB S/O- LATE FATIK BOISHNAB 42: PRASANNA BOISHNAB S/O- BASUDEV BOISHNAB 43: MADAN BARMAN S/O- M BARMAN 44: MAHESWAR DAS Page No.# 4/9 S/O- B DAS 45: SABU DAS S/O- S DAS 46: JAWAHAR LAL DAS S/O- A C DAS 47: SHANTIBALA DAS W/O- T DAS 48: HARICHARAN BOISHNAB S/O- LATE SRICHARAN BOISHNAB 49: PARUL DAS W/O- NIBARAN DAS 50: KRISHNA BOISHNAB S/O- BANBASHI BOISHNAB 51: JOSHNA RANI DAS W/O- D DAS 52: MANMOHINI DAS D/O- RR DAS 53: POORNIMA DAS W/O- H DAS 54: BISHAKA DAS CHOUDHURY W/O- LATE J K DAS CHOUDHURY 55: SUJALA DAS W/O- P DAS 56: SUNI ROY S/O- U L ROY 57: RANJIT DAS S/O- LATE H K DAS 58: SUJIT BOISHNAB S/O- J N BOISHNAB 59: HEMENDRA BOISHNAB S/O- P BOISHNAB 60: ABU DAS Page No.# 5/9 S/O- RR DAS 61: MILANI DAS W/O- G DAS 62: RATAN BARMAN S/O- S BARMAN 63: KUMUD DAS S/O- KUSAI DAS 64: SIBU DAS S/O- L DAS 65: MANIK BARMAN S/O- S BARMAN 66: SHABLAL DAS S/O- CHANDRA KANTA DAS 67: BISHNU DAS S/O- B DAS 68: NITAYA LAL DAS S/O- ARJUN DAS 69: JUBAK DAS S/O- A DAS 70: BOLORAM BOISHNAB S/O- K BOISHNAB 71: MALATI BOISHNAB W/O- B BOISHNAB 72: RANJU BOISHNAB W/O- S L BOISHNAB 73: NIMCHARAN DAS S/O- SC DAS 74: MADHUMALA DAS W/O- HARENDRA DAS 75: SUNIL ROY S/O- U L ROY 76: PRIT BOISHNAB Page No.# 6/9 S/O- K K BOISHNAB 77: MANU BOISHNAB S/O- S BOISHNAB 78: SABYA RANI DAS W/O- M BOISHNAB 79: MAHARANI BOISHNAB W/O- BIRENDRA BOISHNAB 80: SUDHA RANI BOISHNAB W/O- D BOISHNAB 81: HARATARA DAS S/O- H N DAS 82: ANJALI ADHIKARI W/O- J K ADHIKARI 83: BENU DAS S/O- B D DAS 84: GANGA BARMAN W/O- K C BARMAN 85: ARADHAN DAS S/O- PRAMOD DAS 1 TO 85 ALL ARE R/O- MALINI BEEL TARAPUR SILCHAR P.O- TARAPUR P.S- SILCHAR DIST- CACHAR ASSAM-78800 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 3 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER-SECRETARY, REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, GOVT OF ASSAM, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6 2:THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CACHAR CUM THE CHAIRMAN LAC SILCHAR 3:THE CIRCLE OFFICER Page No.# 7/9 SILCHAR REVENUE CIRCLE DIST- CACHAR 4:THE SILCHAR MUNICIPAL BOARD REPRESENTED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER SILCHA Advocate for the Petitioner : MR.B CHAKRABORTY, MR.U DAS Advocate for the Respondent : MR. S DUTTA ,SC, SILCHAR MUNICIPAL BOARD,ASSAM, SC, REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPT,MRS. D DAS BARMAN,GA, ASSAM BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : 11.08.2025 1. Heard Mr. B Chakraborty, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. A Bhattacharjee, learned standing counsel, Revenue Department appearing for respondent No.1, Ms. U Das, learned Additional Senior Government Advocate appearing for respondent Nos.2 & 3 and Mr. S Dutta, learned counsel for the Silchar Municipal Board appearing for respondent No.4. 2. The writ petitioners herein, had earlier applied for settlement of Government lands under their respective possessions. According to the petitioners, the matter was placed before the Land Advisory Committee in its meeting dated 08.10.2015 and since then, no further action has been taken for disposal of the prayer made by the petitioners. 3. When the matter is listed today, it is submitted by Mr. A Bhattacharjee, learned standing counsel, Revenue Department that Page No.# 8/9 the Revenue Department had sought for fresh proposal from the District Commissioner, Cachar as per the new check list under the Land Policy, 2019. 4. It is submitted by Ms. U Das, learned counsel that the District Commissioner, by its communication NO.CRS.16/ 2017/WP(C) No.2333/2017/41 dated 06.08.2025 has submitted the required proposal as sought for by the Revenue & Disaster Management Department. 5. In view of the aforesaid development, Mr. Chakraborty, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that as the proposal has been sent under the Land Policy, 2019, this writ petition can be disposed of by directing the respondent authorities to consider the case of the petitioners as per the Land Policy, 2019. 6. Mr. Bhattacharjee, learned counsel for the respondent had contended that, now the Revenue Department shall consider the proposal in terms of the Land Policy, 2019. 7. In view of the aforesaid consensus, the writ petition stands disposed of by directing the authorities under the Revenue & Disaster Management Department to consider the case of the petitioners for settlement of their respective lands in terms of the existing norms and policies of the Government based on the proposal submitted by the District Commissioner under its communication dated 06.08.2025. 8. Such exercise be carried out within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order to be furnished by the petitioners. Page No.# 9/9 9. It is needless to say that the District Commissioner, Cachar shall render his/her necessary assistance, if necessity arises. 10. A copy of the communication dated 06.08.2025 is kept on record. JUDGE Comparing Assistant