Page No.# 1/17 GAHC010007422026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/292/2026 MAN BAHADUR PRADHAN AND 194 ORS S/O BHANU NARAYAN PRADHAN 2: KISHOR KUMAR CHETRY S/O LOK NATH CHETRY 3: DIPEN KUMAR CHETRY S/O TEJ BAHADUR CHETRY 4: DEB KUMAR CHETRY S/O RANDHUJ CHETRY 5: TIKARAM CHETRY S/O KHARKA BAHADUR CHETRY 6: NAYAN KUMAR SUBBA S/O HANGSA BAHADUR SUBBA 7: LOKNATH CHETRY S/O RANDHUJ CHETRY 8: MAN PRASAD RAI S/O BHAGI PRASAD RAI 9: AN BAHADUR CHETRY S/O TIL BAHADUR CHETRY 10: KUMAR PRADHAN S/O NANDALAL PRADHAN 11: PRAKASH SUBBA S/O DESH BAHADUR SUBBA 12: BIKASH RAI Page No.# 2/17 S/O CHANDRA BAHADUR RAI 13: RAM BAHADUR CHETRY S/O LAL BAHADUR CHETRY 14: NOR BAHADUR CHETRY S/O TIL BAHADUR CHETRY 15: PURNA BAHADUR CHETRY S/0 TIKA RAM CHETRY 16: RAM BAHADUR CHETRY S/O DAMBAR DH0J CHETRY 17: SANTOSH KR CHETRY S/O DIL BAHADUR CHETRY 18: MOHAN SINGH RAI S/O BHAGI PRASAD RAI 19: RAJEN RAI S/O BHOG PRASAD RAI 20: DAMBAR BAHADUR CHETRY S/O MAN BAHADUR CHETRY 21: CHANDRA BAHADUR CHETRY S/0 KABIRAJ CHETRY 22: RATNA BAHADUR RAI S/O LALBIR RAI 23: PURNA SUBBA S/O NAR BAHADUR SUBBA 24: BHAKTA BAHADUR BANIA S/O MON BAHADUR BANIA 25: MONUJ BANIA S/O RATNA BAHADUR BANIA 26: GANESH CHETRY S/O LOKNATH CHETRY 27: SUKRA BAHADUR RAI S/O BHAGI PRASAD RAI 28: SON BAHADUR BANIYA Page No.# 3/17 S/O MON BAHADUR BANIYA 29: RAJENDRA BAHADUR CHETRY S/O GANGA BAHADUR CHETRY 30: NARAYAN CHETRY S/O BHIM BAHADUR CHETRY 31: GOBINDA CHETRY S/0 CHANDRA BAHADURCHETRY 32: AMAR BAHADUR CHETRY S/O TIL BAHADUR CHETRY 33: MAN BAHADUR CHETRY S/O TIL BAHADUR CHETRY 34: BHIM BAHADUR CHETRY S/O MAN BAHADUR CHETRY 35: NOR BAHADUR CHETRY S/O MAN BAHADUR CHETRY 36: DHAN MAYA RAI D/O BHAGI PRASAD RAI 37: LAL BAHADUR CHETRY S/O TIL BAHADUR CHETRY 38: DHRUBA CHETRY S/O TEZ BAHADUR CHETRY 39: RAJU CHETRY S/O TEZ BAHADUR CHETRY 40: AMIT CHETRY S/O AN BAHADUR CHETRY 41: JAGYA BAHADUR CHETRY S/O AMAR BAHADUR CHETRY 42: KUMAR CHETRY S/O BHIM BAHADUR CHETRY 43: GOPAL CHETRY S/O NOR BAHADUR CHETRY 44: JHANAK BAHADUR CHETRY Page No.# 4/17 S/O RAM BAHADUR CHETRY 45: AGARAJ CHETRY S/O RAM BAHADUR CHETRY 46: KRISHNA SUBBA S/O TAK BAHADUR SUBBA 47: SURAJ SUBBA S/O TAK BAHADUR SUBBA 48: TAK BAHADUR SUBBA S/O HANGSA BAHADUR SUBBA 49: PAWAN KUMAR SUBBA S/O TAK BAHADUR SUBBA 50: RAJIV KUMAR SUBBA S/O TAK BAHADUR CHETRY 51: KRISHNA SUBBA S/O HANGSHA BAHADUR SUBBA 52: BIKKI SUBBA S/O KRISHNA CHETRY 53: INDRA KUMAR SUBBA S/O HANGSHA BAHADUR SUBBA 54: PITAMBAR SUBBA S/O INDRA KUMAR SUBBA 55: KALPANA SUBBA D/0 TAK BAHADUR SUBBA 56: BHIM BAHADUR CHETRY S/O KRISHNA CHETRY 57: LAL BAHADUR CHETRY S/O KRISHNA CHETRY 58: KAMAL CHETRY S/O DILLI RAM CHETRY 59: HASTA BAHADUR CHETRY S/O KRISHNA CHETRY 60: KALI MAYA SUBBA Page No.# 5/17 W/O JASH BAHADUR SUBBA 61: BHIM BAHADUR SUBBA S/O JASH BAHADUR SUBBA 62: BISHNU MAYA SUBBA W/O JAS BAHADUR SUBBA 63: TAL BAHADUR PRADHAN S/0 BHANU NARAYANPRADHAN 64: OJARAJ CHETRY S/O RANDHUJ CHETRY 65: DHAN BAHADUR CHETRY S/O OJARAJ CHETRY 66: KAMAL CHETRY S/O 0JARAJ CHETRY 67: KISHOR CHETRY S/O OJARAJ CHETRY 69: SOMU RAI S/O CHANDRA BAHADUR RAI 70: KUMAR RAI S/O CHANDRA BAHADUR RAI 71: BHAKTA KUMAR RAI S/O DURGA SING RAI 72: RAM BAHADUR RAI S/O BRATA BAHADUR RAI 73: AMAR BAHADUR CHETRY S/O MAHA SINGH CHETRY 74: TANKA BAHADUR SUBBA S/O DAL BAHADUR SUBBA 75: DHAN PRASAD SHARMA S/O KRISHNA PRASAD SHARMA 76: BIKAS CHETRY S/O DIPEN CHETRY 77: MANIRAJ RAI Page No.# 6/17 S/O CHANDRA BAHADUR RAI 78: KRISHNA PRADHAN S/O NANDALAL PRADHAN 79: BHIM BAHADUR SUBBA S/O NAR BAHADUR SUBBA 80: NIR KUMAR CHETRY S/O LAL BAHADUR CHETRY 81: BHAKTA PRASAD SHARMA S/O BHABANATH SHARMA 82: DHAK PRASAD SHARMA S/O BHABANATH SHARMA 83: JHATAK PRASAD SHARMA S/O BHABANATH SHARMA 84: BICHARI RAI S/O MANIRAJ RAI 85: KUL BAHADUR PRADHAN S/O BHANU NARAYANPRADHAN 86: GANESH PRADHAN S/O MAN BAHADUR PRADHAN 87: RAM PRASAD SHARMA S/O BHABANATH SHARMA 88: BISHNU SUBBA S/O DESH BAHADUR SUBBA 89: SANTOSH RAI S/O MANIRAJ RAI 90: MADAN BAHADUR CHETRY S/O KUL BAHADUR CHETRY 91: TANKU BAHADUR CHETRY S/O MADAN BAHADUR CHETRY 92: LILA RAJ CHETRY S/O SARMAN CHETRY 93: KHARKA BAHADUR POUDEL Page No.# 7/17 S/O JUDDHA BIR POUDEL 94: SHANKAR PRADHAN S/O NANDALAL PRADHAN 95: BHAKTA BAHADUR KARKI S/O GOM BD KARKI 96: GOPI KRISHNA SHARMA S/O RATNA BD SHARMA 97: DAMBAR BAHADUR KARKI S/O BHIM BAHADUR KARKI 98: TEZ BAHADUR CHETRY S/O TILL BAHADUR CHETRY 99: GHANASHYAM CHETRY S/O JUDDHA BIR CHETRY 100: DURGA PRASAD CHETRY S/O TEZ BAHADUR CHETRY 101: DEVI BANIYA W/O SER BAHADUR BANIYA 102: TIL BAHADUR SUBBA S/O MOIT RAJ SUBBA 103: MOHAN SUBBA S/O PREM BAHADUR SUBBA 104: MON BD SUBBA S/O MOITA RAJ SUBBA 105: SANTA SUBBA S/O MAILA LIMBU 106: BHIM BAHADUR CHETRY S/O TIL BAHADUR CHETRY 107: TEJ BAHADUR THAPA S/O DILLIRAM THAPA 108: ICHHA BAHADUR GAUTAM S/O SER BD GAUTAM 109: PARASHURAM SHARMA Page No.# 8/17 S/O RATRNA PRASAD SHARMA 110: KAMAL BAHADUR CHETRY S/O PRATIMAN CHETRY 111: RATNA BAHADUR CHETRY S/O PREM BAHADUR CHETRY 112: HEM KUMARI DEVI D/0 CHANDRA BAHADURCHETRY 113: MON MAYA DEVI D/O RAM BAHADUR CHETRY 114: CHANDRA THAPA S/O BHIM BAHADUR CHETRY 115: TUL BAHADUR CHETRY S/O GANGA RAM CHETRY 116: MON BAHADUR CHETRY S/O SER BAHADUR CHETRY 117: SUNITA DEVI D/O HARKA BAHADUR CHETRY 118: TEZ BAHADUR CHETRY S/O NOR BAHADUR CHETRY 119: CHABILAL CHETRY S/O GANGA RAM CHETRY 120: PURNA PRASAD SHARMA S/O BISHNU PRASAD SHARMA 121: BHASKAR CHETRY S/O PUSPA LAL CHETRY 122: S/O PUSPA LAL CHETRY S/O GOMAN SINGH THAPA 123: RITA DEVI W/O ROHIT SHARMA 124: TULASHI DEVI W/O MOHAN PRASAD SHARMA 125: PUJA SUBBA Page No.# 9/17 W/O ARUN SUBBA 126: SAPANGI SUBBA W/O TIL SINGH SUBBA 127: PREM BAHADUR SUBBA S/O PRASAD SINGH SUBBA 128: MON BAHADUR CHETRY S/O HASTA BAHADUR CHETRY 129: DAMABAR BAHADUR CHETRY S/O RIM BD THAPA 130: JEET BAHADUR CHETRY SON OF CHHATRA BAHADURCHETRY 131: HOM BAHADUR CHETRY S/O PURNA BAHADUR CHETRY 132: NAINA BAHADUR GAUTAM W/O KRISHNA BAHADUR GAUTAM 133: DAMBAR BAHADUR GAUTAM S/O SER BAHADUR GAUTAM 134: DHAN BAHADUR CHETRY S/O BHAKTA BAHADUR CHETRY 135: JIT BAHADUR CHETRY S/O BHIM BAHADUR CHETRY 136: RAN BAHADUR CHETRY S/O BHIM BAHADUR KARKI 137: DHAN BAHADUR CHETRY S/O GHANASHYAM CHETRY 138: KHEMRAJ CHETRY S/O CHHABILAL CHETRY 139: BIKRAM CHETRY S/O RANDHOJ CHETRY 140: CHANDRA BAHADUR BASNET S/O DHAN PRASAD BASNET 141: KRISHNA BAHADUR GAUTAM Page No.# 10/17 S/O SER BAHADUR CHETRY 142: MON BAHADUR CHETRY S/O KHARGA BAHADUR CHETRY 143: BHIM BAHADUR KARKI S/O RATNA BAHADUR KARKI 144: DIPAK CHETRY S/O TEZ BD CHETRY 145: RAJIP KHADKA S/O TEZ BAHADUR CHETRY 146: RAM BAHADUR PRADHAN S/O DHAN BAHADUR PRADHAN 147: RITA DEVI W/O BIR BAHADUR CHETRY 148: HOM BAHADUR CHETRY S/O GHANASHYAM CHETRY 149: MEGHRAJ CHETRY S/O KHARGA BAHADUR CHETRY 150: JAGAT KADARIYA S/O JANGA BAHADUR KADARIYA 151: JANGA BAHADUR KADARIYA S/O DHAN BAHADUR KADARIYA 152: RAM BAHADUR GAUTAM S/O BHIM BAHADUR GAUTAM 153: NEERU SHARMA W/O GOPI KRISHNA SHARMA 154: DIL BAHADUR CHETRY S/O KRISHNA BAHADURCHETRY 155: PREM BAHADUR BASNET S/O DHAN PRASAD BASNET 156: KAMAL CHETRY S/O MEGHRAJ BASNET 157: PUSPA KALA DEVI Page No.# 11/17 S/O RATNA BAHADUR CHETRI 158: MANISHA DEVI W/O KALI BAHADUR CHETRY 159: JEEBAN CHETRY S/O MEGHRAJ BASNET 160: JEET BAHADUR CHETRY S/O AN BD CHETRY 161: PADAM CHETRY S/O DHAN BAHADUR CHETRY 162: PADAM BAHADUR CHETRY S/O DHAN BAHADUR CHETRY 163: HARKA MAYA DEVI S/O NAINA SINGH CHETRY 164: JANUKA DEVI W/O JEET BAHADUR CHETRY 165: SANTA BAHADUR CHETRY S/O NAINA SINGH CHETRY 166: SARASWATI DEVI W/O KAMAL CHETRY 167: KRISHNA DEVI W/O RAJ KUMAR GAUTAM 168: RITA DEVI S/O DAMBAR THAPA 169: SUMITRA DEVI W/O PADAM BAHADUR CHETRY 170: PARBATI DEVI W/O HOM BAHADUR KADARIYA 171: JYOTI PRADHAN S/O GOPAL PRADHAN 172: GOKUL PRADHAN S/O DAL BAHADUR PRADHAN 173: TEZ BAHADUR CHETRY Page No.# 12/17 S/O GHNASHYAM CHETRY 174: DIPAK PRADHAN S/O DAL BAHADUR PRADHAN 175: AJAY CHETRY S/O BHIM BAHADUR KADARIYA 176: TUKA MAYA CHETRY S/O MON BAHADUR GOUTAM 177: KUNTI DEVI W/O NARAYAN CHETRY 178: KUMARI DEVI W/O KRISHNA CHETRY 179: NANDALAL CHETRY W/O MON BAHADUR CHETRY 180: PUSPA DEVI W/O KARNA CHETRY 181: HIM BAHADUR KADARIYA S/O UJIR BAHADUR KADARIYA 182: GANESH CHETRY S/O PREM CHETRY 183: KRISHNA BOHARA W/O KHARKA BAHADUR BOHARA 184: PREM PRASAD DAHAL S/O KRISHNA PRASAD DAHAL 185: DIPAK CHETRY S/O NAINA SINGH CHETRY 186: JIBAN KUMAR CHETRY S/O ADURAM CHETRY 187: KHARKA BAHADUR CHETRY S/O CHHATRA BD CHETRY 188: TEK BD CHETRY S/O MAN BD CHETRY 189: PURNA CHETRY Page No.# 13/17 S/O TIKA RAM CHETRY 190: PURNA MAYA DEVI W/O SARMAN CHETRY 191: LALIT CHETRY S/O DURGA PRASAD CHETRY 192: KALPANA DEVI W/O LT RATNA BAHADUR CHETRY 193: DILA DEVI W/O GOKUL SINGH 194: PURNA BAHADUR CHETRY S/O SHAL BAHADUR CHETRY 195: BHASKAR CHETRY S/O PUSPA LAL CHETRY PETITIONERS NO 1 T 90 ALL ARE R/O.- VILLAGE- BAGISADUBI P.O AND P.S.- KHERONI DISTRICT- WEST KARBIANGLONG ASSAM AND PETITIONERS NO. 91 TO 195 ALL ARE R/O.- VILLAGE RAJADUBI P.O AND P.S KHERONI DISTRICT- WEST KARBIANGLONG ASSAM 196: HIM BAHADUR KADARIYA S/O UJIR BAHADUR KADARIY VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 5 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, LAND REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, ASSAM, PIN-781006 2:THE KARBI ANGLONG AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY DIPHU ASSAM PIN-782460 3:THE SECRETARY HILL AREA DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Page No.# 14/17 GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM DISPUR ASSAM PIN-782460. 4:THE SECRETARY LAND AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT KARBI ANGLONG AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL DIPHU ASSAM PIN-782460 5:THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER WEST KARBI ANGLONG HAMREN PIN 782486 6:THE ASSISTANT REVENUE OFFICER DONKA REVENUE CIRCLE DONKA MOKAM WEST KARBI ANGLONG ASSAM PIN- 78248 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR N N UPADHYAYA, MR R DHAR,MR. B B KAKATI,MR. S UPADHAYA Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, SC, K A A C,SC, REVENUE BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOUMITRA SAIKIA ORDER 21.01 .2026 Heard Mr. R. Dhar, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. J. Chutia, learned Standing Counsel, KAAC; and Ms. P.R. Mahanta, learned Standing Counsel, Revenue Department. Page No.# 15/17 2. The petitioners 195 in numbers claim to be residents of Bagsidubi and Rajadubi villages under the Donka Revenue Circle in the District of West Karbi Anglong, Assam. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that all these petitioners belong to Gorkha Community and are cattle grazers, daily wage labourers and cultivators. It is the claim of the petitioners that since 1943 their forefathers have been residing in these areas as cultivators and cattle grazers and the petitioners being their descendants have continued to do so, while the petitioners have been paying the forest department the necessary charges for grazing permit, and also for the revenue on the lands which they claim to be under their occupation, the petitioners were surprised to be informed from the revenue authorities that they are likely to be evicted in view of notice which was issued as far back as July, 2024. Copy of the said notice is enclosed as Annexure B on the writ petition. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were not aware of this notice and it is only after the recent ethnic violences which have erupted in the West Karbi Anlong District they came to aware of existence of the said notice. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that no specific or individual notices have been issued and the petitioners have been verbally informed that they will be evicted from these lands in terms of the eviction notice dated 11.07.2024. Being aggrieved the petitioners are before this Court. 4. Mr. J. Chutia, learned Standing Council, KAAC strongly objects to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners. It is submitted Page No.# 16/17 that these petitioners have claimed to be occupants of the said lands for the last several decades but there is no specific description of the land under their occupation which has been mentioned in the writ petition. Although references have been made in respect of payment of land revenues and forest use, the specific particulars pertaining to the land stated to be under their occupation is not specified in the writ petition and therefore, they cannot have any right over government land or PGR/VGR land in view of the judgment of the Apex Court in Jagpal Singh Vs The State of Punjab & Others reported in (2011) 11 SCC 396. 5. The learned Standing Council, KAAC however, submits that if the petitioners have any particulars of the land under their possession then they should furnish the same before the respondent No.6. 6. In view of the submissions made and upon perusal of the pleadings available on the writ petition, this Court is of the view that ends of justice will be met, if this writ petition is disposed of at this stage without issuing any notice directing the petitioners to submit the particulars of the land stated to be under their occupations along with all relevant documents to substantiate their claims before the respondent No.6. The petitioners must ensure that the land particulars permitted to be submitted before the respondent No.6 must be on individual basis. If the petitioners are able to submit such particulars before the authorities as permitted by this Court within a period of 15 days from today then the respondent authority will thereafter, examine the claims and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks thereafter. Page No.# 17/17 7. Till such orders are passed by the respondent authority, the authority will not proceed to evict the petitioners who had submitted their particulars along with the representation as permitted by this Court. If in the event in spite of the liberty being granted by this Court, the petitioners or any of them do not furnish their particulars before the respondent No.6, then the respondent authority will be at liberty to take action as per the procedure of law. Accordingly, the matter disposed of in terms of the above. 8. Copy of this order be marked to the Office of the Standing Counsel, KAAC for onward communication. JUDGE Comparing Assistant