The petitioner, a permit holder for boulder extraction, challenged the refusal to accept advance royalty. The Court found the permit expired on 30.12.2024 and mining halts due to lack of a District Survey Report, rendering the petition infructuous.
The writ petition was held to be infructuous and dismissed.
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GAHC010267182024
2026:GAU-AS:13491
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : WP(C)/6697/2024
JOYJIT HOJAI S/O ROTENDRA HOJAI, RESIDENT OF MIYUNGKRO, PO AND PS HARANGAJAO, DIST DIMA HASAO, ASSAM 788819
VERSUS
THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST DISPUR GUWAHATI 78106, DIST KAMRUP M ASSAM
2:NORTH CACHAR HILL AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY (N) HAFLONG DIMA HASAO 788819
3:THE FOREST DEPARTMENT
NORTH CACHAR HILLS AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST HAFLONG DIMA HASAO 788819 ASSAM
DIMA HASAO FOREST DIVISION (WEST) NORTH CACHAR HILLS AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL HAFLONG DIMA HASAO 788819
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5:THE RANGE FOREST OFFICER
HARANGAJAO RANGE DISTRICT DIMA HASAO 788818 ASSA
Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. M MORE, MR. A BORPUZARI,MR. P K SHARMA
Advocate for the Respondent : SC, FOREST, SC, N C HILLS
BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY
ORDER
Date : 14.09.2026
m3 of boulders from the Jatinga River under the Harangajao Range. The further claim of the petitioner is that such permit is under the Unclassed State Forest (USF) area and has been extended up to 30.12.2024 and he has extracted 85,825 m3 of boulders and is 1,14,175 m3 of boulders still remains to be extracted.
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minerals in the district of Goalpara, Lakhimpur and such other districts which do not have duly approved District Survey Report.
JUDGE
Comparing Assistant
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the writ petition is maintainable considering the expiry of the permit period.
Whether the petitioner has a surviving cause of action for extraction of boulders.
Whether the petition is infructuous given the stay on mining activities due to lack of approved District Survey Report.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone BenchReferred¶6
N.G.T., Eastern Zone Bench, Original Application No.86/2024/EZ
Joyjit Hojai
The State of Assam
North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council
Divisional Forest Officer, Dima Hasao
Arun Dev Choudhury
As recorded by the court registry
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