Page No.# 1/5 GAHC010196182025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/5050/2025 MOKSHED ALI R/O CHARALZAR, P.O. KHALISABHITA, P.S. LAKHIPUR, PIN 783330, DIST. GOALPARA, ASSAM. 2: HAMIDA KHATUN R/O KHALISABHITA MUSLIMPARA P.O. KHALISAVITA P.S. LAKHIPUR PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 3: ROHIM MOLLAH R/O KHALISABHITA MUSLIMPARA P.O. KHALISAVITA P.S. LAKHIPUR PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 4: JAHAR ALI MANDAL R/O CHARALZAR P.O. KHALISABHITA P.S. LAKHIPUR PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 5: GOLZAR HUSSAIN Page No.# 2/5 S/O ABDUL AJIJ MIAH R/O KHALICHABHITA MUSALMAN PARA P.S. LAKHIPUR PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 6: BUZRAT ALI S/O KASHEM ALI R/O KHALISABHITA MUSALMAN PARA LAKHIPUR FAKIRGANJ PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 7: ABDUL BAREQUE S/O SABAS ALI SHEIKH R/O VILL. KATLAMARI P.S. LAKHIPUR PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 8: NUR UDDIN AHMED S/O AHMMAD ALI R/O KHALISABHITA LAKHIPUR PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 9: ANOWAR ALI SIKDAR S/O NIYET ALI SIKDAR R/O KHALICHABHITA MUSALMANPARA P.S. LAKHIPUR PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 10: RAMJAN ALI MIYA Page No.# 3/5 S/O HAJI SAMSUL ALAM R/O KHALICHABHITA MUSALMANPARA P.S. LAKHIPUR PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 11: ASHIR UDDIN S/O ABDUL BACHER R/O KHALICHABHITA MUSALMANPARA P.S. LAKHIPUR PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER AND SECY., PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT., DISPUR, GUWAHATI 781006 2:THE DIST. COMMISSIONER GOALPARA P.O. GOALPARA PIN 783101 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 3:THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER JALESWAR DEVELOPMENT BLOCK LAKHIPUR P.O. LAKHIPUR PIN 783129 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM. 4:THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER JALESWAR ANCHALIK PANCHAYAT KATARIHARA P.O. KATARIHARA PIN 783132 P.S. LAKHIPUR DIST. GOALPARA Page No.# 4/5 ASSAM. 5:THE SECRETARY KHALICHABHITA GAON PANCHAYAT P.O. KHALICHABHITA PIN 783330 DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. T R SARMA, C BORAH,MR. A K ROY Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, SC, P AND R.D. BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : 28.09.2026 Heard Mr. T.R. Sarma, learned counsel for the petitioners and Ms. N. Bora, learned Standing Counsel, P&RD Department. 2. The petitioners claim to have been running a daily market on their private land and that though it is a private market over the patta land in the name of “Khalishabhita Daily Market”, the respondent/ Panchayat authorities are collecting revenue from the vendors and accordingly being aggrieved, the present petition has been filed. 3. On a pointed query to the learned counsel for the petitioners, whether the petitioners have obtained any prior approval from the concerned Panchayet authorities and the Government to run such market as required under Section 107 of the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994, it is submitted that such approval is not obtained. Accordingly, the learned counsel submits that the petitioners may be allowed to withdraw this writ petition and to approach the authorities to obtain required approval under the provisions of the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994. 4. Such prayer is not objected by the learned Standing Counsel, P&RD Department. 5. Accordingly, writ petition is dismissed on withdrawal with liberty as prayed for. Page No.# 5/5 6. Interim order, if any, passed earlier stands vacated. JUDGE Comparing Assistant