JUDGMENT AND ORDER (CAV)

1. Heard Mr. D. K. Sarmah, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. Y. Doloi, learned Additional Advocate General, Assam, appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1, 2 and 3 as well as Mr. I. Choudhury, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.4.

2. In this writ petition the decision to grant settlement of the “Gr. No.15/101- Torsa River Fishery” of Dhubri district in favour of the respondent No.4, as conveyed by communication dated 22.01.2016 issued by the respondent No.2, has been put under challenge.

3. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that on 27.05.2015 the respondent No.3 had issued an NIT inviting tenders from the interested Fishermen Cooperative Societies/Self Help Groups and NGOs comprising of 100% actual fishermen of the Scheduled Caste (SC) community or Maimal community of the Barak Valley for awarding the settlement of the aforementioned fishery for a period of seven years. As per the NIT, the tender papers would be accepted till 2.00 p.m. on 26.06.2015 and the bids would be opened on the same day at 3.00 p.m.

4. A four member Fishery Advisory Committee headed by the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Fishery), Dhubri w

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