The case of the writ petitioner/appellant before the learned Single Judge, as well as before this Court, is that he was given a contract in the year 2013 for encouraging Palm Oil Cultivation in three districts of Assam which are Kamrup (Rural), Goalpara and Bongaigaon. Pursuant to the said contract, the petitioner has been executing works such as preparing the saplings of the plant, monitoring the growth and thereafter encouraging the farmers of the three districts, i.e. Kamrup (Rural), Goalpara and Bongaigaon to do palm oil cultivation. As per the contract, the petitioner was to do cultivation in 2300 hectares of land in Kamrup (Rural) district, 1950 hectares of land in Goalpara district and 750 hectares of land in Bongaigaon. This, according to the petitioner, is a time consuming process and he has already done plantation in 513.60 hectares and 1570.60 hectares in Kamrup (Rural) and Goalpara district, respectively. The remaining work is in progress. Admittedly, no work has been done in Bongaigaon as according to the petitioner, it can only be done after the plantation work is completed in Kamrup (Rural) and Goalpara districts.
