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GAHC010131972021

THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : WP(C)/4328/2021

NIYAMAT ALI AND 88 ORS S/O- TASAR ALI, RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD, P.O- LILACHILLA, P.S- RATABARI, DIST- KARIMGANJ, ASSAM, PIN- 788734

2: ASBAK UDDIN S/O LT. MUKAMIL ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

3: SAHID AHMED S/O- LT. ABDUL RASID RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

4: ANSAR ALI S/O- LT. MACHADDAR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

5: ABBAS UDDIN S/O- SUNAFAR ALI TALUKDAR RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD Page No.# 2/20

P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

6: BADRUL HAQUE S/O- MAZIR UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

7: BAHAR UDDIN S/O- RAHAMAT ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

8: KALAM HUSSAIN S/O- LT. AJMAL HUSSAIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

9: JAYNUL HAQUE S/O- LT. ABDUL NOOR RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

10: MD. LUKMAN S/O- LT. MUKAMMIL ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ Page No.# 3/20

ASSAM PIN- 788734

11: ABDUL SUBAN S/O- ABDUL JALIL RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

12: JAKIR HUSSAIN S/O- LUKMAN ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

13: ABDUL FATTAR S/O- AYAJ ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

14: BILAL UDDIN S/O- LT. MACHADDAR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

15: HUSSAIN AHMED S/O- ABDUL LATIB RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734 Page No.# 4/20

16: MUSLIM UDDIN S/O- YASIN ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

17: SAHAB UDDIN S/O- LT. MUKAMMIL ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

18: ABDUL SUKUR S/O- LT. RAKIB ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

19: FAIZUL HAQUE S/O- LT. AYAJ ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

20: ABDUL BARI S/O- LT. AYAJ ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

21: ALTAF HUSSAIN S/O- MATARUP ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD Page No.# 5/20

P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

22: AFIA BEGUM W/O- ISLAM UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

23: PATARUN NESSA W/O- LT. MAIJUL HAQUE RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

24: SAMAR UDDIN S/O- AYAJ ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

25: SAMSUL HAQUE S/O- LT. ROIS ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

26: HANNAN UDDIN S/O- LT. NEYAJ ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ Page No.# 6/20

ASSAM PIN- 788734

27: RIAJ UDDIN S/O- LT. SAJJAD ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

28: SIRAJ UDDIN S/O- LT. SAJJAD ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

29: NURUL ISLAM S/O- ABDUL SUVAN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

30: SAPIR UDDIN S/O- SARJJAD ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

31: SAYDUL HAQUE S/O- ABDUL SUKKUR RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734 Page No.# 7/20

32: AJIJUR RAHMAN S/O- ABDUL NOOR RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

33: NAJRUL ISLAM S/O- ABDULLA RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

34: SADIQUR RAHMAN S/O- LT. ABDUL RASID RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

35: ABDUL SABUR S/O- LT. ATAR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

36: ATAUR RAHMAN S/O- LT. MASHAID ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

37: NEJAM UDDIN S/O- LT. MASHARAB ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD Page No.# 8/20

P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

38: FAJLUL RAHMAN S/O- ABDUL NUR RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

39: NAJIM UDDIN S/O- SUHAG MIA RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

40: ABDUL BASIT S/O- ATAR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

41: HENA BEGUM D/O- RUKIYA BEGUM RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

42: SARIF UDDIN S/O- HARICH ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ Page No.# 9/20

ASSAM PIN- 788734

43: KARIM UDDIN S/O- SAFIK ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

44: MOKLISUR RAHMAN S/O- LT. BAJID ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

45: ABDUL BASIT S/O- LT. ATAR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

46: IJJAD ALI S/O- LT. MACHAD ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

47: ABDUL KADIR S/O- ACHADDAR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734 Page No.# 10/20

48: MUSLIM UDDIN S/O- APTAR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

49: KARIMUN NESSA W/O- LT. MAYJUR RAHMAN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

50: ABDUL AHAD S/O- MAHUHAR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

51: MAKBUL UDDIN S/O- YASIN ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

52: ALIM UDDIN S/O- ASAB ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

53: ABDUL KHALIK S/O- ABDUL MAJID RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD Page No.# 11/20

P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

54: ABDUL KARIM S/O- ABDUL MAZID RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

55: MUSLIM UDDIN S/O- LT. RASID ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

56: NAZRUL HAQUE S/O- ABDUL SUBAN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

57: YABAR ALI S/O- ABDUL SATTAR RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

58: SELIM UDDIN S/O- SONARAB ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ Page No.# 12/20

ASSAM PIN- 788734

59: CHAYDUL HAQUE S/O- ABDULLA RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

60: ABDUL HANNAN S/O- ABDULLA RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

61: AYNUL HOQUE S/O- TAYABUR RAHMAN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

62: FARUK AHMED S/O- MASADDAR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

63: CHABBIR AHMED S/O- ABDUL RASID RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734 Page No.# 13/20

64: NOOR UDDIN S/O- RUKIA BEGUM RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

65: ABDUL AZIZ S/O- LT. ACHADDAR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

66: MAIN UDDIN S/O- ABDUL NOOR RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

67: ABDUL SUBAN S/O- LT. ASAB UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

68: FAKRUN NESSA W/O- SELIM UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

69: ABDUL MATIN S/O- ABDUL MANNAN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD Page No.# 14/20

P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

70: MUJAKKIR HUSSAIN S/O- ABDUL MANNAN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

71: ABDUR SUKKUR S/O- SONARAB ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

72: BILAL UDDIN S/O- MOSHUR ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

73: HANIF ALAM S/O- JAYNAL ABEDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

74: SABBIR HUSSAIN S/O- ABDUR ROUF RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ Page No.# 15/20

ASSAM PIN- 788734

75: ISLAM UDDIN S/O- JALAL UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

76: KHASRUL HAQUE S/O- ABDUL NOOR RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

77: ALI RAHMAN S/O- ABAD ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

78: IFTIKAR HASAN TALUKDAR S/O- RASID AHMED TALUKDAR RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

79: ANOWARA BEGUM W/O- LT. BASIR UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734 Page No.# 16/20

80: MOMINA BEGUM W/O- LT. BASIR UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

81: MICHBA BEGUM W/O- NUMAN UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

82: ROUSHAN AHMED W/O- LT. ABDUL LATIF RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

83: JAMIL AHMED S/O- LT. BASIR UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

84: LATIFA BIBI W/O- JALAL UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

85: NOOR UDDIN S/O- BASIR UDDIN RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD Page No.# 17/20

P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

86: HANNAN UDDIN S/O- MEYAJ ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

87: CHABBIR UDDIN S/O- GOLAPJAN BIBI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

88: FAJIR UDDIN S/O- RAPIJUL HAQUE RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788734

89: NAZRUL ISLAM S/O- HARISH ALI RESIDENT OF VILL - RUSHANABAD P.O- LILACHILLA P.S- RATABARI DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 78873

VERSUS

THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 10 ORS REPRESENTED BY CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6 Page No.# 18/20

2:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6

3:THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER KARIMGANJ P.O AND DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN-788710

4:THE CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS ASSAM REHABARI GUWAHATI- 781008

5:THE CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS SOUTH ASSAM CIRCLE SILCHAR DIST- CACHAR ASSAM.

PIN- 788001.

6:THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER KARIMGANJ P.O AND DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788710

7:THE FOREST RANGE OFFICER DUHALIA FOREST RANGE P.O- ANIPUR DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM PIN- 788724.

8:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM REVENUE (SETTLEMENT) DEPTT. DISPUR GUWAHATI-06.

9:THE DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS AND SURVEYS ETC. ASSAM RUPNAGAR GUWAHATI-32.

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10:THE SETTLEMENT OFFICER KARIMGANJ P.O AND DIST- KARIMGANJ PIN -788710

11:THE ASSTT. SETTLEMENT OFFICER RAMKRISHNA NAGAR P.O- RAMKRISHNA NAGAR DIST- KARIMGANJ ASSAM. PIN -78816

Advocate for the Petitioner : MR H R A CHOUDHURY

Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM

BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASANTA KUMAR DEKA order

04.09.2021

Heard Mr. HRA Choudhury, learned Senior counsel assisted by Mr. AR Talukdar, learned counsel for the petitioners. Mr. D Gogoi, learned standing counsel for the Forest Department raises preliminary objection that the subject matter of this writ petition is presently within the seisin of Hon'ble Division Bench in WA 212/2019. Though Mr. Choudhury wanted to project that the land under dispute in WA 212/2019 is different than the one in the present writ petition, however, Mr. Gogoi referred to the pleadings in this writ petition itself wherein para-12 though the petitioner had stated that the schedule of lands in this writ petition is different however in para-17 there is a specific admission that some of the plaintiffs in earlier TS. No. 221/1975 were the predecessor-in- interest of the present petitioners. Admittedly land covered by TS No. 221/1975 Page No.# 20/20

is the subject matter of WA 212/2019. One of the defence in the earlier writ petition is the judgment and decree favouring the predecessor-in-interests of the present petitioners on the strength of an ex-parte decree passed by the learned Court of Munsiff, Karimganj.

Be that as it may, Mr. Choudhury sought for an interim protection. However keeping in view that the matter is in seisin of the Hon'ble Division Bench it would be proper to list this matter before the Hon'ble Division Bench along with WA 212/2019 for its final disposal.

Accordingly, Registry to do the needful.

JUDGE

Comparing Assistant