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M/S Bogidhola Tea and Trading Co. (P) Company v. the State of Assam and 3 Ors.

Gauhati HC8 Jun 2025WP(C)/4531/2020

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What is this about?

Sand mining; patta land; Forest Department permit; mining permit/licence validity expired 26.05.2022; no ongoing mining; infructuous writ petition; interim order vacated; Bogidhola Tea and Trading Co (P) Company; Golaghat; respondent No. 4 Abdul Hasmat; Gauhati High Court; WP(C)/4531/2020; Justice Michael Zothankhuma; order dated 09.06.2025; no merits decision.

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief to the petitioner; interim order passed earlier stands vacated. ¶25

M/S Bogidhola Tea and Trading Co. (P) Company Vs the… — Company and Corporate | Gauhati HC (2025)

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GAHC010152412020

2025:GAU-AS:7464

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

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Case No. : WP(C)/4531/2020

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M/S BOGIDHOLA TEA AND TRADING CO (P) COMPANY

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A COMPANY REGD. AND INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956, HAVING ITS REGD. OFFICE AT BOGIDHOLA T.E., LETEKUJAN-785613, ASSAM AND ITS ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OFFICE AT PARAG BHAWAN, 4TH FLOOR, ULUBARI, G.S. ROAD, GUWAHATI-781007, ASSAM AND IS REP. BY ITS DULY AUTHORIZED MANAGER HO, SRI SAILENDRA SINGH.

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VERSUS

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THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 3 ORS

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REP. BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, FOREST DEPTT., DISPUR, GUWAHATI.

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2:THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST ARANYA BHAWAN

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PANJABARI GUWAHATI-781037 ASSAM.

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3:DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER OFFICE OF THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER JONAKINAGAR GULAGHAT-785621 ASSAM.

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4:ABDUL HASMAT S/O MD. ABDUL WAHID R/O KEYAPATTI WARD NO. 1 P.O- GOLAGHAT MOUZA- MOUKHOWA UNDER P.S - GOLAGHAT DIST. GOLAGHAT ASSAM

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Advocate for the Petitioner : MR G N SAHEWALLA, MR. A CHETIA,MR. M SAHEWALLA,MS. S. TODI

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Advocate for the Respondent : SC, FOREST, MR. A I Ali (R-4),MS. N UPADHYAY (R-4),MR D BARUAH (R-4)

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BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL ZOTHANKHUMA ORDER

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Date : 09.06.2025

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Heard Mr. G. N. Sahewalla, learned senior counsel for the petitioner and Mr. R. R. Gogoi, learned counsel for the Forest Department as well as Ms. N. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the respondent No. 4.

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2. The petitioner is aggrieved with the Forest Department having permitted the collection/mining of sand from the river running though the petitioner’s patta land.

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3. Mr. R. R. Gogoi, learned counsel for the Forest Department submits that the validity of the mining permit/licence that had been granted to the respondent No. 4, expired on 26.05.2022 and as on date, no mining activity is going on in the river which is flowing through the land of the petitioner. As such, the writ petition has become infructuous.

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4. Ms. N. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the respondent No. 4 also makes the same submission.

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5. In view of the submission made by the learned counsels for the parties, this writ petition stands closed as infructuous.

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6. Interim order passed earlier stands vacated.

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JUDGE

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