I.A. Ansari, J.

1. By its letter, dated 30.05.2007, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Assam, requested the Deputy Commissioner, Dibrugarh, to take action in terms of the provisions of Rule 116 of the Registration Rules framed under the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886 (in short, 'the ALRR') in respect of 236 Bighas, 3 Kathas and 15 Lechas out of the total land acquired from Beheating Tea Estate, the request for taking action under Rule 116 being made on the ground that out of the said total land acquired from Beheating Tea Estate, land measuring as much as 236 Bighas, 3 Kathas and 15 Lechas is under the occupation of people other than Beheating Tea Estate. Based on the letter, dated 30.05.2007, aforementioned, Deputy Commissioner, Dibrugarh, issued, on 04.06.2007, a notice, addressed to the present petitioner, as proprietor of the said tea estate, to show cause as to why the Grant No. 13/176 ORR, made in respect of the said 236 Bighas, 3 Kathas and 15 Lechas of land, which stand acquired by the Government under Land Acquisition Case Nos. DRA 7/2006 and DRA 12/2006, but is not being utilized for cultivation and is in the occupation of people