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GAHC010088142026

2026:GAU-AS:6889

THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT

(HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : WP(C)/2453/2026

JAGDISH SAHU AND 17 ORS.

S/O. LT. GOLAPCHAN TELI

2: SRI AMRITLAL SAHU

S/O. LT. GOLAPCHAN TELI

3: SRI CHANDRA SAHU

S/O. LT. GOLAPCHAN TELI

4: SRI DURGA SAHU

S/O. LT. GOLAPCHAN TELI

5: SRI GOLAP CHANDRA SAHU @ GOPAL CHANDRA SAHU

S/O. LT. RAJBIHARI SAHU

6: SMTI. BIDYABATI SAHU

W/O. LT. KISHAN PRASAD SAHU

7: SRI PRANAY SAHU

S/O. LT. KISHAN PRASAD SAHU

8: SMTI. KABITA SAHU

D/O. LT. KISHAN PRASAD SAHU

9: SMTI. DOLY SAHU

D/O. LT. KISHAN PRASAD SAHU

10: SMTI ROSY SAHU

D/O. LT. KISHAN PRASAD SAHU

11: SMTI. KUSUM SAHU

W/O. LT. BIJOY SAHU

12: SRI ANUP SAHU

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S/O. LT. BIJOY SAHU

13: SRI. PADHESHYAM SAHU

S/O. LT. RAJABIHARI SAHU

14: SMTI. MINA SAHU

W/O. LT. RABIN SAHU

15: SRI. ASISH SAHU

S/O. LT. RABIN SAHU

16: SRI PRABIN SAHU

S/O. LT. SIVCHARAN SAHU

17: SRI KESARI @ KISHOR SAHU

S/O. LT. SIVCHARAN SAHU

18: SRI. NANDA SAHU

S/O. LT. SIVCHARAN SAHU

ALL ARE PERMANENT RESIDENT OF VILL.- KUKURJAN GAON

MOUZA- GOHPUR

P/O. AND P/S. GOPHUR

DIST. BISWANATH

ASSAM

PIN-78417

VERSUS

THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 7 ORS.

REP. BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM,

REVENUE DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-781006

2:THE CO-DISTRICT COMMISSIONER

BISWANATH

ASSAM

PIN-784176

3:THE ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COMMISSIONER

BISWANATH

DIST. BISWANATH

ASSAM

PIN-784176

4:THE CIRCLE OFFICER

GOHPUR REVENUE CIRCLE

GOHPUR-784168

5:SRI MINTU GOGOI

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S/O. LT. GOPAL GOGOI

6:SRI BALIN GOGOI

S/O. LT. GOPAL GOGOI

7:SRI DILIP GOGOI

S/O. LT. GOPAL GOGOI

8:SRI BABUL GOGOI

S/O. LT. KANADHAR GOGOI

ALL ARE RESIDENTS OF KUKURJAN GAON

P/O. AND P/S. GOHPUR

BISWANATH

ASSAM

PIN-78417

Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A BISWAS, MR P K BASU,MR R KALITA

Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, SC, REVENUE

BEFORE

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY

ORDER

19.05.2026

Heard Mr. A. Biswas, learned counsel for the petitioners; Mr. A. Bhattacharya, learned

Standing Counsel, Revenue Department for the respondent no. 1; and Mr. J. Handique,

learned Junior Government Advocate, Assam for the respondent nos. 2, 3 & 4.

2. The petitioners have claimed that they are landowners of various parcels of land,

described in Paragraph 2.1 of the writ petition and in the Schedule of the plaint of Title Suit

no. 11/2025 presently pending before the Civil Judge, Junior Division, Gohpur, measuring

about 60 Bighas 0 Katha and 11 Lessas.

3. The grievance of the petitioners is that the respondent no. 4 without following due

procedure of serving prior notices to the petitioners, had embarked on a demarcation exercise

in collusion with the respondent nos. 5, 6, 7 & 8, who are private persons. As the petitioners

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are not aware as how the demarcation exercise stood initiated in spite of pendency of Title

Suit no. 11/2025, they sought to submit an application each to the respondent no. 3 and the

respondent no. 4 on 19.03.2024 seeking copies of [i] the application filed by the private

respondents herein seeking demarcation of the Schedule of land, mentioned therein, [ii] the

copies of notices issued for demarcation, if any, and [iii] the Order passed by the respondent

no. 4 for demarcation in respect of the said Schedule of land. The petitioners have canvassed

that as the respondent no. 4 did not acknowledge the receipt of the application in his office,

the petitioners were compelled to send the said application by post and the same was duly

delivered at the office of the respondent no. 4 on 20.03.2026. In so far as the application

submitted before the respondent no. 3 is concerned, the office of the respondent no. 3 had

duly received the same and also acknowledged the receipt of the application under seal and

signature on 19.03.2026. Yet, the said two respondent authorities have not provided the

information / documents as sought for by the petitioners through the said applications.

4. When the writ petition was moved on 13.05.2026, Mr. Handique, learned State Counsel

submitted that he would obt