Ajoy Kumar Das and 15 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 46 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Fishery settlement dispute — Kinnarkhal Nala, Mouza Chandinagar Part VI, Porgona-Laviourputa, Katigorah Revenue Circle, Cachar, Assam; inclusion of private respondents' names in Deputy Commissioner's Register under Rule 14, Assam Fishery Rules 1953; writ jurisdiction declined as competing adjoining-land/fishing-rights claims are pure questions of fact; appellate remedy before Assam Board of Revenue via Rule 11, Assam Fishery Rules 1953 read with Section 147(a), Assam Land and Revenue Regulation 1886; liberty granted with exclusion of writ-petition pendency (from 06.11.2020) in computing limitation; WP(C)/4739/2020; decided 12.06.2026; single-judge order.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the Petitioners to avail the remedy before the learned Assam Board of Revenue, if otherwise permissible under law, with the writ petition's pendency period (w.e.f. 06.11.2020 till date) excluded while computing the period of limitation.