Disposed¶31

Purnima Devi and Anr. v. the State of Assam and Ors.

Gauhati HC2 Dec 2025WP(C)/3664/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Land sale permission; SEWA SETU portal; Bilasipara Revenue Circle; Dhubri; Dag No. 2; Patta No. 86; Village Bhashanigaon; writ petition disposed without adjudication on merits due to non-appearance; direction to process application expeditiously in accordance with law; no costs; Gauhati High Court 2025; WP(C)/3664/2025; neutral citation 2025:GAU-AS:16581.

What did the court decide?

Permission to the petitioners to apply afresh for land sale permission and other requisites through the SEWA SETU portal, with a direction to the respondent authorities to process any such application expeditiously in accordance with law within the time framed provided for; no costs. ¶31

Purnima Devi and Anr. Vs the State of Assam and Ors. — Gauhati HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

¶31

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondent authorities failed to process the petitioner's application for land sale permission and whether a direction should issue to grant sale permission in respect of the plot measuring 01 Bigha 01 Katha 09 Lechas covered by Dag No. 2, Patta No. 86, Village Bhashanigaon, Bilasipara Revenue Circle, Dhubri.

¶26

Court's answer

In view of the assertions in the affidavit-in-opposition, the writ petition is disposed of, permitting the petitioner to apply for the land sale permission and other requisites through the SEWA SETU portal as required.

¶29

Ratio / Principle

On receipt of such application, the respondent authorities shall process the same expeditiously in accordance with law and within the time framed provided for.

¶30

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Gauhati High Court (Mr. Justice Rajesh Mazumdar), order dated 03.12.2025 in WP(C)/3664/2025 — Purnima Devi & Anr. v. State of Assam & Ors. The petitioners sought a direction to grant land sale permission in respect of a plot measuring 01 Bigha 01 Katha 09 Lechas covered by Dag No. 2, Patta No. 86, Village Bhashanigaon, Bilasipara Revenue Circle, District Dhubri, alleging failure of the authorities to process their application. In the affidavit-in-opposition filed by respondent No. 3 (Circle Officer, Bilasipara Revenue Circle), it was stated that applications must be routed through the SEWA SETU portal, that no application in the petitioners' name was found there, and that the writ petition contained no averment of such a portal submission. None appeared for the petitioners on call. The Court disposed of the writ petition, permitting the petitioners to apply for the land sale permission and other requisites through the SEWA SETU portal, and directed that on receipt of such application the respondent authorities shall process it expeditiously in accordance with law and within the time framed provided for. No costs.

Page No.# 1/2

GAHC010141382025

2025:GAU-AS:16581

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

¶5

Case No. : WP(C)/3664/2025

¶6

PURNIMA DEVI AND ANR

¶7

W/O LT PURENDRA CHANDRA NATH R/O VILL ALENGMARI PO LAKHIGANJ PS BILASIPARA DIST DHUBRI ASSAM PIN 783345

¶8

2: BIBHUJIT NATH

¶9

LT PURENDRA CHANDRA NATH R/O VILL ALENGMARI PO LAKHIGANJ PS BILASIPARA DIST DHUBRI ASSAM PIN 78334

¶10

VERSUS

¶11

THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS

¶12

REP BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECREATRY TO THE GOVT OF ASSAM REVENUE LR DEPTT DISPUR GUWAHATI 6

¶13

2:TEH DISTRICT COMMISSIONER DHUBRI

¶14

DIST DHUBRI ASSAM PIN 783301

¶15

3:THE CIRCLE OFFICER

¶16

BILASIPARA REVENUE CIRCLE PO BILASIPARA DIST DHUBRI ASSAM PIN 78334

¶17

Advocate for the Petitioner : MR J I MONDAL, MR M A ISLAM

¶18

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

¶19

BEFORE

¶20

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH MAZUMDAR

ORDER

03.12.2025

Page No.# 2/2

None appears for the petitioner on call.

¶25

Mr. H. Sharma, learned Additional Senior Government Advocate, Assam has submitted that the affidavit-in-opposition has been filed by the respondent No. 3.

¶26

The grievance as raised in this writ petition by the petitioner was regarding alleged failure of the respondent authorities to process the petitioner’s application for land sale permission and prayers were made to direct the respondents to grant the sale permission to the petitioner in respect of a plot of land measuring 01 Bigha 01 Katha 09 Lechas covered by Dag No. 2, Patta No. 86, situated at revenue VillageBhashanigaon under Bilasipara Revenue Circle in the District- Dhubri, Assam.

¶27

In the affidavit-in-opposition filed by the respondent authorities, it has been stated that the application for grant of sale permission and further process is required to be done through the SEWA SETU, a Comprehensive Citizen Platform. It is stated that no application in the name of the petitioner is found in the said portal and that there is no averment made in the writ petition that such application was submitted through the said portal.

¶28

None appears for the petitioner on call today.

¶29

In view of the assertions made in the affidavit-in-opposition, this writ petition is disposed of, permitting the petitioner to apply for the land sale permission and other requisite through the SEWA SETU portal as required.

¶30

On receipt of such application, the respondent authorities shall process the same expeditiously in accordance with law and within the time framed provided for.

¶31

Writ petition is disposed of. No costs.

¶32

JUDGE

¶33

Comparing Assistant

Purnima Devi and Anr. v. the State of Assam and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Purnima Devi and Anr. v. the State of Assam and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Why is it important?

What the court decided

Issues for consideration

Procedural history

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Asha Devi Vs the State of Assam and 4 Ors.

M/S Drishti Enterprise and Anr. Vs the State of Assam and 10 Ors.

Chabi Bhoralee Vs the Real Estate Regulatory Authority and Anr.

Prasanta Kumar Das Vs the State of Assam and 5 Ors.

Smti Sati Kar and 8 Ors. Vs the State of Assam and 5 Ors.

Rabiyal Sheikh and Anr. Vs the State of Assam and 2 Ors.