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DEVASHIS BARUAH
Anowaruddin Wakf Estate – Appellant
Versus
State Of Assam – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Heard Mr. A.I. Ali, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mr. P. Nayak, the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondent Nos. 1 to 5.
2. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioners complaining about the highhanded action on the part of the Respondent authorities in removing the kiosk/shop of the petitioners including the goods therein at the middle of the night of 12.07.2024 from the Petitioner No.1’s premises, that too, without issuance of any notice.
3. The brief facts leading to the dispute are narrated briefly infra. It is the case of the petitioners herein that a plot of land admeasuring 3 bighas 3 kathas and 9.93 lechas covered by Dag Nos.1498, 1500, 1502, 1503, 1653, 1654 and 1655 of KP No.585 under Mouza-Ulubari, Village-Ulubari in the district of Kamrup (Metro), Assam is a part of Anowaruddin Wakf Estate, i.e. the Petitioner No.1. The said plot of land is adjacent to the GS Road at Bhangagarh. In the said plot of land, the Petitioner No.2, who is the Mutawalli of the Petitioner No.1 had leased out a kiosk/shop to the Petitioner No.3 in order to allow him to open a shop to carry out food and beverage busines
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