K. Sreedhar Rao, J.

1. The petitioner is an IPS officer working under the Government of Assam. The petitioner admittedly purchased a plot of land bearing Dag No. 185 of K.P. Patta No. 248 Village Noonmati Gaon in the district of Kamrup under a registered sale deed dated 22.12.2011 from one Mayur Talukdar for a sum of Rs. 72 Lakhs 75 thousand. The purchase was a joint purchase in his name and in the name of his brother-in-law Anvesh Kumar Goyal. The facts alleged in the writ petition disclose that there was matrimonial discord between the petitioner and his wife and she had submitted a complaint to the Government on 02.02.2003, which is as follows:

"I am the legally wedded wife of Shri Anurag Agarwal I.P.S., Presently as S.P. Karimganj. Our marriage was solemnized at MORADABAD (U.P.) on 31.01.01 and I have a son aged 14th months from that marriage.

I have borne abuses, mental and physical torture and neglect of myself and my son for a long time, but now things have come to such a point that I have no option but to report the matter to higher authorities for seeking justic