Page No.# 1/8 GAHC010214892024 2026:GAU-AS:5665- DB THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/863/2025 BABY DEBNATH AND 18 ORS W/O SHRI HARADHAN DEBANTH, RESIDENT OF PRESENTLY RESIDING AT HOUSE NO. 18, ANANDA NAGAR, BYE LANE NO. 4, GUWAHATI 12, PO PANDU, PS JALUKBARI, DIST KAMRUP ASSAM 2: SRI PRADIP KR. SARKAR S/O LATE PRAFULLA KR. SARKAR RESIDENT OF LOCO COLONY HOUSE NO. 114 NEAR TRINATH MANDIR GUWAHATI 12 PS JALUKBARI DIST KAMRUPM ASSAM 3: SMTI ILLA BHOWMIK W/O LATE SUNIL KR. BHOWMIK HOUSE NO. 1069 NEAR SHANI MANDIR NEW COLONY GUWAHATI 12 PS JALUKBARI 4: SMTI. IRA BHATTACHARJEE W/O SRI BIMAL BHATTACHARJEE SHANKAR NAGAR PANDU GUWAHATI 12 PS JALUKBARI. 5: SMTI RITA ARJUN W/O LATE BHABA SANKAR ARJUN Page No.# 2/8 RESIDENT OF RAMAKRISHNA MISSION ROAD SADHUPATI BIRUBARI GUWAHATI 781016 6: SMTI RINA CHAKRABORTY CHOUDHURY W/O SHYAMANANDA CHOUDHURY RESIDENT OF ABOKASH VILLA JOYMATI NAGAR BYE LANE NO. 7 GUWAHATI 12 PS JALUKBARI 7: SMTI DEPALI DEB W/O ANUP DEB RESIDENT OF SUNCITY APARTMENT FLAT NO. 4/H BLOCK A ADABARI GUWAHATI 14 PS JALUKBARI. 8: SHRI ASHIT CHATTARJEE S/O LATE ASHUTOSH CHATTERJEE RESIDENT OF SUNCITY APARTMENT FLAT NO. 7/C A.T ROAD ADABARI GUWAHATI 781014 9: SRI SANDIP GUPTA S/O LATE SUNIL R. GUPTA RESIDENT OF PRAGJYOTISHNAGAR HOUSE NO. 28 BYE LANE NO. 7 B.G COLONY MALIGAON GUWAHATI 11 10: SHRI SURAJIT CHOUDHURY S/O SHRI SUKESH RANJAN CHOUDHURY RESIDENT OF KAMAKHYA COLONY Page No.# 3/8 GUWAHATI 12 11: SHRI SIDDHARTHA DUTTA S/O LATE JYOTIRMOY DUTTA RESIDENT OF GANGA NIWAS HOUSE NO. P3 BLOCK 1 SANKAR AZAN PATH PRAGJYOTISH NAGAR NORTH JALUKBARI GUWAHATI 781014 12: SMTI GITARANI DUTTA W/O LATE NANIGOPAL DUTTA RESIDENT OF KAMAKHYA COLONY GUWAHATI 12 PS JALUKBARI GUWAHATI 13: SHRI BIJOY KR. NANDI S/O LATE BIRENDRA KR. NANDI RESIDENT OF KAZIRANGA APARTMENT ANANDA NAGAR GUWAHATI 12 PS JALUKBARI 14: SMTI DURGAWATI RAJBHOR W/O SRI DINESH RAJBHOR RESIDENT OF 3 NO. F.G COLONY RAILWAY QTR NO. BB 9/B PANDU GUWAHATI 12 15: SMTI BHAKTI SARKAR W/O LATE GOVINDA CH. SARKAR RESIDENT OF LOCO COLONY PANDU GUWAHATI 12 16: SHRI ARUN CHAKRABORTY S/O SRI SUSHIL CHAKRABORTY RESIDENT OF PUBERUNE RESIDENCY Page No.# 4/8 OPP VIP HOTEL RAM THAKUR LANE BHASKAR NAGAR GUWAHATI 781018 17: SMTI. MRIDULA CHAKRABORTY W/O SRI ARUN CHAKRABORTY RESIDENT OF PUBERUNE RESIDENCY OPP. VIP HOTEL RAM THAKUR LANE BHASKAR NAGAR GUWAHATI 781018 18: SMTI RITA DUTTA W/O LATE PARIMAL DUTTA RESIDENT OF PANDAV NAGAR HOUSE NO. 20 PANDU GUWAHATI 12 19: SHRI BISWAJIT DUTTA S/O LATE PARIMAL DUTTA RESIDENT OF PANDAV NAGAR HOUSE NO. 20 PANDU GUWAHATI 1 VERSUS THE GOVT OF ASSAM AND 12 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY, LAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT, DISPUR GUWAHATI 06 2:THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT (L.R) DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006 3:THE GUWAHATI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER UZAN BAZAAR GUWAHATI 781006 4:THE COMMISSIONER GUWAHATI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION UZAN BAZAR GUWAHATI 781001 Page No.# 5/8 5:THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND COLLECTOR KAMRUP M DISTRICT KAMRUP M ASSAM 6:THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER KAMRUP M GUWAHATI 01 7:THE CIRCLE OFFICER GUWAHATI REVENUE CIRCLE GUWAHATI 01 8:THE DEPUTY SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT (LR) DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006 9:ON THE DEATH OF RABINDRANATH SARMA HIS LEGAL HEIRS- 9.1:SMTI. RATNA SARMA WIDOW OF LATE RABINDRANATH SARMA RESIDENT OF DWARKA ENCLAVE MALIGAON GUWAHATI-781011 DIST- KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 9.2:SHRI ARUNAV SARMA SON OF LATE RABINDRA NATH SARMA RESIDENT OF DWARKA ENCLAVE MALIGAON GUWAHATI-781011 DIST-KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 9.3:SHRI ABHISHEK SARMA SON OF LATE RABINDRA NATH SARMA RESIDENT OF DWARKA ENCLAVE MALIGAON GUWAHATI-781011 DIST-KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 10:ON THE DEATH OF PRABIN SARMA HIS LEGAL HEIR- 10.1:SMTI. RINKU SARMA Page No.# 6/8 WIDOW OF LATE PRABIN SARMA RESIDENT OF PRABINALYA PITAMBAR SARMA LANE MALIGAON CHARIALI GUWAHATI-781011 DIST- KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 11:ON THE DEATH OF SMTI KANAK DEVI HER LEGAL HEIRS- 11.1:SMTI. DHARITRI SARMA DAUGHTER OF SMTI. KANAK DEVI HOUSE NO.75 BEZBARUA NAGAR (BACKSIDE OF LALIT BHARALI COLLEGE) NILANCHALPUR GUWAHATI-781011 DIST- KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 12:SHRI TARANATH SARMA SON OF LATE DEBENDRA NATH SARMA KAMAKHYA DHAM GUWAHATI-781011 DIST-KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 13:SHRI JYOTIRMOY SARMA SON OF LATE JOYNATH SARMA HOUSE NO. 75 BEZBARUAH NAGAR NILANCHALPUR (BACKSIDE OF LALIT BHARALI COLLEGE) GUWAHATI- 781011 DIST- KAMRUP (M) ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. P K ROY, MR. S K CHAKRABORTY,MRS. A CHAKRABORTY Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, SC, REVENUE,SC, GMC Linked Case : BABY DEBNATH AND 18 ORS Page No.# 7/8 VERSUS THE GOVT OF ASSAM AND 7 ORS ------------ Advocate for : MR. P K ROY Advocate for : appearing for THE GOVT OF ASSAM AND 7 ORS BEFORE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. ASHUTOSH KUMAR HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER 24-04-2026 (AD Choudhury, J) 1. Heard Mr. P.K. Roy, learned Senior counsel assisted by Mrs. A Chakraborty, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Ms. N Bordoloi, learned standing counsel for the Revenue Department appearing on behalf of respondent Nos. 1,2 & 8 and Mr. S Baruah, learned Government Advocate for the respondent Nos. 5,6 and 7. 2. As Mr. B Chakraborty, learned Advocate appears for the newly impleaded respondent Nos. 9(a), (b) and (c), service upon all the respondents is complete. 3. This Interlocutory Application has been filed for condonation of the delay of 119 days in filing the connected appeal against the judgment dated 06.05.2024 passed by a learned Page No.# 8/8 Single Judge of this Court in WP(C) No. 5689/2007 and other connected writ petitions. 4. The learned counsel for the respondents submits that they have no instruction to object the present application. 5. Having gone through the averments made in the application, we are satisfied that good grounds have been assigned by the applicants/appellants for condoning the delay. 6. Accordingly, the delay of 119 days in preferring the appeal is condoned and the Interlocutory Application stands allowed and disposed off. 7. Registry to process the connected appeal and, if the same is found defect-free, shall list the same under appropriate heading, preferably on 15.06.2026. JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Comparing Assistant