JUDGMENT :

DEVASHIS BARUAH, J.

1. Heard Mr. R. Iralu, learned Senior counsel assisted by Mr. L. Iralu for the petitioner and Mr. Kekhriengulie, learned Additional AG for the respondent.

2. This is an application under Rule 32 of the Rules for the Administration of Police and Justice in Nagaland, 1973 against the impugned order dated 07.08.2019, passed in Civil Appeal No. 1 of 2015 by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kohima, Nagaland. The brief facts of the instant case is that the petitioner claims to be the owner of a plot of land at Keziekie, North Block, Kohima measuring 150 ft. x 150 ft. vide allotment No. Rev 21/65, dated 16.12.1963 issued by the then Deputy Commissioner (DC), Kohima. It is the case of the petitioner that the said allotment order dated 16.12.1963 was originally issued in favour of the petitioner’s grandfather, namely, Mr. Kerisal Kenyao, when he was working at the Office of the Deputy Commissioner as Peshkar and the said land has been in possession of the family of the petitioner since 1963 and the petitioner after the expiry of his father and grandfather had developed the said land. It is the further case of the petitioner that sometime in the year 201