JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. S. Hoque, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. K. Gogoi, learned Central Government Counsel for all the respondents.

2. The petitioners, 6 [six] in nos., have joined together to institute the present writ petition seeking to invoke the extra-ordinary and discretionary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to assail eviction notices, all dated 15.02.2024, served upon them by the respondent no. 4, that is, the Estate Officer, N.F. Railway, Rangia Division, Rangia.

3. The case projected by the petitioners, in brief, is that they are members of one family and their predecessors-in-interest were enjoying peaceful possession of a plot of land measuring 3 Bighas 2 Kathas 2 Lessas [03B-02K-02L], covered by Dag no. 1627 & Patta no. 49, situate at Revenue Village – Bartezpur, Mauza – Rampur, Palasbari Revenue Circle, District – Kamrup, Assam [‘the subject-plot’, for short] since long and the jurisdictional Mouzadar had/has been issuing land revenue receipts acknowledging receipt of land revenue from the predecessors-in-interest/petitioners. To substantiate such contention, the petitioners have annexed few of the land revenue receip