Indira Shah, J.

1. This application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioners praying for grant of rental compensation for the period from April, 1966 to August, 1986 along with the interest thereon from the respondents. The petitioners have claimed themselves as owners of landed properties within the area occupied by the Army at Bawngkawn within Brigade Area. According to the petitioners, the land belonging to the petitioners were illegally or forcibly occupied by the Security forces with effect from April, 1966, during the period of disturbance in Mizoram without their permission. Subsequently, Govt. of India and the Mizo National Front signed a peace accord and as per memorandum of settlement in the year 1986, it was decided that the owners of private lands and buildings occupied by the Security forces would be given rental compensation for the period of occupation. Thereafter, after spot verification, although, the other land owners of Bawngkawn Brigade Area have been paid rental compensation for the period from April, 1966 to August, 1986, but the petitioners whose lands are also occupied by the Army & Paramilitary Forces have not