Kachumara Andabhanga Mahchera Bazar Anchalik Unnayan Samity v. the State of Assam
Case brief
What is this about?
WP(C)/741/2026, Gauhati High Court, Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi, order dated 20.07.2026; Kachumara Andabhanga Mahchera Bazar Anchalik Unnayan Samity; Nur Salam; State of Assam; Commissioner Panchayat and Rural Development Department; Barpeta Zila Parishad; Chief Executive Officer; District Commissioner Barpeta; Circle Officer Chenga Revenue Circle; No. 89 Mahchera Gaon Panchayat; Sonowar Hussain; settlement dispute; expired tenure; no live cause of action; writ petition dismissed as infructuous; Barpeta district, Assam; advocates A K Azad, M Hussain, N Haque, P K Roychoudhury, S. Dutta (Standing Counsel P&RD), M. Chetia (State Counsel), K M Hassan and J I Borbhuiya for Respondent 7.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous because the challenged settlement's tenure was over, leaving no live cause of action to adjudicate.