Smti. Kunjalata Gogoi and 16 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 6 Ors.
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Gauhati High Court WP(C)/3945/2023, decided 18-02-2026 by N. Unni Krishnan Nair, J.: writ petition by Kunjalata Gogoi and 16 others (Namrup, Dibrugarh) against eviction orders dated 02.06.2023 of the Estate Officer, BVFCL (respondent No. 7) in Eviction Case Nos. 25/2021-42/2021 concerning dag no. 74, Periodic patta no. 5, Namrup Town Part-V; petitioners claimed occupation since 1982, payment of land revenue and permissive occupancy; maintainability objection citing Section 9 appeal under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 overborne due to lapse of time; jamabandi showed dag nos. 72, 74 & 76 belong to BVFCL; related dispute over dag no. 60(Kha) with Assam Petrochemicals Ltd. (APL) in WP(C) No. 2053/2011 amicably settled; procedure under the 1971 Act held complied with; writ dismissed, no costs, liberty to pursue statutory proceedings against the Estate Officer's orders. Keywords: BVFCL, APL, Estate Officer, eviction, dag no. 74, unauthorized occupants, public premises, alternative remedy, Section 9, Appellate Authority, District Judge.