JUDGMENT AND ORDER :

Rakesh Ranjan Prasad, J.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and also learned counsel appearing for respondent No.4 as well as Mr. Y. Ashang, learned GA for the State.

2. Before I proceed with the submission advanced on behalf of the petitioner as well as respondents today, the order which was passed on 22.11.2016 needs to be taken notice of, which reads as follows:

"On the basis of submission made on behalf of the petitioners to the effect that the Principal Secretary (TA & Hills), Government of Manipur, does not have any power to pass order for bi-furcating the two villages which had already been amalgamated, an order was recorded on 9.8.2016. Under that order, liberty was reserved with the petitioners to file an application challenging the order under which representation filed by the petitioners had been rejected.

According to learned counsel, the order passed by the Secretary (TA & Hills), Government of Manipur over the representation has been challenged in WP(C) No.668 of 2016 whereby the representation was rejected simply on the ground that the concerned Deputy Commissioner had made recommendation for bifurcation of the two villages namely Lamlai Khulle

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