JUDGMENT & ORDER (CAV)

The instant writ petition has been filed with the following prayers.

“I. A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus and/ or Certiorari and/ or any other appropriate order or direction to the official respondents, namely, Union of India through the Department of Defence and Indo Tibetan Border Police (hereinafter referred to as “ITBP through the Commandant 9^th Bn ITBP to take appropriate steps and regularize their illegal possession over the petitioner’s land by means of land acquisition under the RFCT Act, 2013 or in the alternative to vacate the land and pay damages/ compensation for illegal occupation of petitioner’s land.

2. The petitioner has been presented by one petitioner in a representative capacity on behalf of the villagers of Lohitpur village in the District of Lohit, Arunachal Pradesh. The members belong to Tindya, Kathak, Tamai and Boo clans and the petitioner has also annexed power of Attorneys to represent themselves in the present petition.

3. As per the projected case of the petitioner, from the time of their ancestors, they were in possession of an area of land out of which 96.97 He