Heard Mr. A.D. Choudhury, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. G. Pegu, learned State Counsel appearing for the State respondents.

2. The petitioners claim themselves to be respectable and well established members of the society where the petitioner No.1 is a Regional Manager of the United Bank of India, petitioner No.2 is the Joint Director of Health Services, Morigaon, Petitioner No.3 is an Officer of United Bank of India and the petitioner No.4 is an officer of Punjab National bank. This writ petition has been preferred by the aforesaid four petitioners on a common cause of action that the respondent No.3 being the Circle Officer, Dispur Revenue Circle is threatening to evict them from their private lands with further threat to demolish the permanent structure and houses that had been built by the petitioners.

3. It is the case of the petitioners that the petitioners had jointly purchased the aforesaid plot of land measuring 2 Bighas out of 12 Bighas 1 Katha and 12 Lechas of Dag No.157 (old) 142 (new) of KP Patta No.19 (Khatian No.41) of village Khanapara under Beltola Mouza of Kamrup district in the year 1973. The said purchase was made by way of a