Page No.# 1/8 GAHC010006502026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/437/2026 JAMIR UDDIN BARBHUIYA AND ORS S/O- LATE MASKANDER ALI BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR, REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR, P.S.- RATABARI, DIST.- SRIBHUMI, ASSAM 2: KUTUB UDDIN BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE ABDUL JALIL BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 3: ALA UDDIN BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE HABIB ALI BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 4: SAB UDDIN BARBHUIYA S/O- MAKABUL ALI BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 5: MANIR UDDIN BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE MUKTAR ALI BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI Page No.# 2/8 DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 6: HASIB UDDIN BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE AJAB ALI BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 7: ABDULLA BARBHUIYA S/O- FAKAR UDDIN BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 8: GIYAS UDDIN BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE ALA UDDIN BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 9: SAMSUL HAQUE S/O- LATE MONOHAR ALI. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 10: FOYJUL HOQUE S/O- LATE MONOHAR ALI. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 11: ABDUL RAJAK BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE MATFAR ALI BARBHUIYA R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR Page No.# 3/8 P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 12: ABDUL RAHIM BARBHUIYA S/O- ALI RAJA BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 13: ALI AHMED BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE ABUBAKKAR BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 14: MUSLAM UDDIN BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE SAFIK ALI BARBHUYA R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 15: JIYADUL ALAM LASKAR S/O- LATE KUTUB UDDIN LASKAR. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 16: RUKIYA BEGUM BARBHUIYA W/O- LATE SIRAJ UDDIN BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 17: ABDUL SUKKUR BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE SIRAJ UDDIN BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR Page No.# 4/8 REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 18: FAKRUL ISLAM BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE JAMIR UDDIN BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 19: ASAB UDDIN BARNHUIYA S/O- LATE SAFIK UDDIN BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 20: RAIS ALI BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE AJFAR ALI. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 21: ABDUL MANNAF LASKAR S/O- LATE MASADDAR ALI LASKAR. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 22: ABDUR RAJAK LASKAR S/O- LATE MASADDAR ALI LASKAR. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 23: HUSSAIN AHMED LASKAR S/O- LATE NOOR UDDIN LASKAR.R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR Page No.# 5/8 P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 24: ANAM UDDIN CHOUDHURY S/O- LATE MASRAF ALI CHOUDHURY. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 25: MANIK UDDIN CHOUDHURY S/O- LATE MASAROF ALI CHOUDHURY. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 26: SAFIK UDDIN S/O- LATE MOFUR ALI. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 27: ATAUR RAHMAN BARBHUIYA S/O- LATE AJIJUR RAHMAN BARBHUIYA. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSAM 28: JALAL UDDIN LASKAR S/O- LATE ABDUL KHALIK LASKAR @ ABDUL KHALIK. R/O- VILL.- SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE- R.K. NAGAR P.S.- RATABARI DIST.- SRIBHUMI ASSA VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF Page No.# 6/8 ASAAM, REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-781006. 2:THE DIRECTOR OF THE LAND RECORDS AND SURVEYS ETC. ASSAM RUPNAGAR GUWAHATI- 32 3:THE PRICIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS ASSAM PANJABARI GUWAHATI-37 4:THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER SRIBHUMI. ASSAM - 788710 5:THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER KARIMGANJ FOREST DIVISION DHARAKUNA SRIBHUMI ASSAM - 788712 6:THE RANGE FOREST OFFICERS CHERAGI RANGE SRIBHUMI ASSAM- 788737 7:THE CIRCLE OFFICER R K NAGAR SRIBHUMI ASSA Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A M S MAZUMDER, A W BARBHUIYA Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, SC, FOREST,SC, REVENUE Page No.# 7/8 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOUMITRA SAIKIA ORDER 30.01 .2026 Heard Mr. A. M. S. Mazumder, learned counsel for the petitioners. This writ petition is filed by the petitioners who claim that they are allotment holders, settlement holders and/ or legal heirs or next of kin of allotment holders/settlement holders in Village: Sonapur, Mouza: Purbo Butu Cherra, under Revenue Circle: Ram krishna Nagar, P.S. Ratabari, District: Sribhumi, Assam. The petitioners claim to have been residing in this land from several decades in the past. The petitioners are aggrieved that the Forest officials visited the areas where the petitioners are residing and intimated them that they should vacate this land which are within the forest areas and failing which they shall be forcibly evicted. However, no notice as such has been issued. Being apprehending action, the petitioners have approached this Court when the matter was called up today in the morning, Mr. K. P. Pathak, learned Standing Counsel Forest Department was permitted to obtain his instructions, if possible during the course of the day. The matter was again called up in the second half, where upon Mr. Pathak has placed before this Court, the written instructions issued by the Divisional Forest Office, Karimganj Forest (T) Division, Sribhumi submitting that no decision or date has been fixed to conduct any eviction in the Singla Reserve Forest. If any decision has taken at a later date, then the procedures, safeguards and directions laid down by the Hon’ble Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court in judgment and order dated 18.08.2025 passed in the Writ Page No.# 8/8 Appeal No. 251/2025 shall be strictly complied with. This being the written instructions received from the respondent Authorities, at this stage the Court is of the view that the writ petition can be closed, directing the respondents to strictly abide by the guidelines and the procedure and safeguards laid down by the Hon’ble Division Bench, vide order dated 18.08.2025 in Writ Appeal No. 251/2025. In terms of the above, the writ petition stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant