J. N. SARMA, J. :- This Writ Application has been filed by the Joint Action Committee, namely, Protection of Agricultural Land represented by General Secretary, Shri Oinam Raj Kumar Singh.

2. In Annexure-A/13 there is a list of 48 persons stated to be interested in this litigation. But none of these persons have come up before this Court. Annexure-A/13 shows the name of the owner of the land and the tenant farmer stated to be interested in this litigation. In Paragraph-14 it is stated, inter alia, as follows :-- "14. That the petitioner states that the proposed Games village at the Meitei Langol area on the agricultural land is not in the public interest. The houses so contructed will be only for a rich few. As advertised by the PDA (in Annexure A/2), the prices of the houses are in the range of Rs. 3 lakhs which will go up much more when these are ready.

It is humbly submitted that these prices are beyond the means of more than 90% of the population. In other words, precious and dwindl-ing prime agricultural lands will be permanently destroyed to build a few houses for the rich. While these agricultural lands provide/can pro-vide means of livelihood to innumerable persons,