Ujjal Bhuyan, J. -- By way of this petition under article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioners, 29 in numbers, have challenged the legality and validity of order dated 08-08-1988 issued by the Director, Land Revenue and Settlement, Mizoram declaring Land Settlement Certificates of the petitioners as invalid, approval of the Government of Mizoram dated 10-06-2005 to the cancellation of Land Settlement Certificates and the order dated 16-11-2005 issued by the Director, Land Revenue and Settlement, Mizoram cancelling the Land Settlement Certificates of the petitioners.

2. Facts of the case as projected in the writ petition may be briefly noted.

3. Petitioners, except petitioner Nos. 9 and 10, claim to be owners of different plots of land settled in their favour by the respondents under the Mizo District (Land and Revenue) Act, 1956. Land Settlement Certificates (LSCs) were issued to the petitioners on various dates in the years 1986 and 1987. Petitioner Nos. 9 and 10 claim to be owners of plots of land settled in their favour by the respondents under the Mizo District (Agricultural Land) Act, 1963. LSCs were also issued to them in the year 1987. All the lands claimed by the pet

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