ORDER

20.06.2022 Heard Mr. Aldrin Lallawmzuala, learned counsel for the petitioners and Ms. Mary L.

Khiangte, learned counsel for the State respondents.

2. The petitioners’ case in brief is that due to the inclusion of the area covered by the Serhmun Village Council in the Dampa Tiger Reserve (Dampa Wildlife Sanctuary) vide preliminary Notification dated 24.07.2017 and final Notification dated 06.09.2018, the petitioners have to leave Serhmun Village and relocate themselves in an area outside the Dampa Tiger Reserve.

3. The petitioners’ counsel submits that the petitioners having lands within the Serhmun village, the petitioners lands should be acquired and they should be given compensation in terms of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (in short ‘2013 Act’). The petitioners’ counsel submits that though a number of villagers of Serhmun village have received compensation of Rs. 10 lakhs for relocation from the Dampa Wildlife Sanctuary, the petitioners are not willing to accept the Rs. 10 lakhs compensation provided to each family for relocation, as they should be provided compensation in terms of the 2013 Act an