1. The material facts, which are not in dispute, may be set out thus:

(i) Three citizens of Nagaon Town, who stand impleaded as petitioners in this writ petition, addressed a letter, dated 27.2.2006, to the Chief Justice of this High Court alleging, inter alia, that illegal constructions, in violation of the Building Bye-laws/Regulations, published under the Assam Town and Country Planning Act, ('the Act'), were going on in and around Nagaon Town, but the authorities concerned had miserably failed to stop such illegal constructions; rather, they were conniving with the unscrupulous builders and letting the latter raise constructions in violation of law and, then, such illegal constructions were being regularized.

(ii) Based on the above letter, the present writ petition was taken up suo motu by this Court and by order, dated 23.3.2006, this Court issued notices to all the respondents and directed, in particular, respondent No. 4, namely, Director, Town and Country Planning, Assam, to submit a comprehensive report as regard the allegations made in the writ petition. By order, dated 23.3.2006, aforementioned, respondent No. 4 was further directed to issue, in turn, directions t