ORDER

30.07.2024 Heard Mr. PK Gogoi, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners. Mr. N Goswami, the learned Junior Government Advocate, Assam appears on behalf of the State respondents and Mr. A Bhattacharjee, the learned standing counsel appears on behalf of the Revenue Department, Government of Assam.

2. The petitioners herein have filed the present writ petition being aggrieved by the inaction on that part of the respondent authorities in not making allotment/settlement of the land in favour of the petitioners pursuant to the recommendation so made by the Sub-Divisional Land Advisory Committee in its meeting held on 08.10.2010, whereby both the petitioners have been recommended to be entitled to settlement of 2 kathas each in dag No.14 (Pt) of village Mohghuli Chapori under Dhakuakhana Mouza, Revenue Circle Dhakuakhana in the district of North Lakhimpur.

3. This Court has duly taken note of the affidavit which has been filed by the respondent No.3 wherein it has been mentioned that the land covered by dag No.14 (Pt) of Dhakuakhana Revenue Circle is a village grazing reserve and the petitioners have been enlisted as encroachers along with other encroachers. Referrin