Kashem Ali and 6 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 2 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Land acquisition challenge, Gauhati High Court, WP(C)/5141/2025, order 05.09.2025, Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi. Keywords: LA Case No. 1/2025-26; Assam Land (Requisition & Acquisition) Act 1964; Section 3; Form A; notice dated 10.06.2025; individual representations not disposed of; District Commissioner Dhubri; disposal in accordance with law; speaking order; no coercive action interim restraint; project of public importance; disposed at motion stage; Dhubri district, Assam; Annexures 4 to 10; State Counsel N. Das; Standing Counsel G. Hazarika.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of at the motion stage with consent of counsel: District Commissioner, Dhubri directed to consider and dispose of the petitioners' representations (Annexures 4 to 10) in accordance with law, expeditiously; and, until such disposal by a speaking order, no coercive action against the petitioners (operative only if the representations remain undisposed in the meantime).