Anchalik Krishak Suraksha Samity and 3 Ors v. The State of Assam and 6 Ors

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1.THEoSTATEoOFoASSAMo REPoBYoTHEoPRINCIPALoSECRETARYoTOoTHEoGOVERNMENToOFoASSAM,o PANCHAYAToANDoRURALoDEVELOPMENToDEPARTMENT,o DISPUR,oGUWAHATI-o781006. 2:THEoCOMMISSIONER oTOoTHEoGOVERNMENToOFoASSAM oPANCHAYAToANDoRURALoDEVELOPMENToDEPARTMENT oASSAMo oJURIPARoPANJABARIooGUWAHATI 3:THEoDEPUTYoCOMMISSIONER oSONITPUR oTEZPUR oASSAM oPIN-784001 4:THEoDIVISIONALoFORESToOFFICER oTEZPURoDIVISION oTEZPUR o DIST-oSONITPUR oASSAM oPIN-784001 5:THEoCHIEFoEXECUTIVEoOFFICER oSONITPURoZILLAoPARISHADo TEZPUR DIST-oSONITPURoASSAM oPIN-784001 6:THEoCIRCLEoOFFICER oTEZPURoREVENUEoCIRCLEo oTEZPUR DIST-oSONITPUR oASSAM oPIN-784001 7:THEoBLOCKoDEVELOPMENToOFFICER oBALIPARAoDEVELOPMENToBLOCK oVILLAGEoANDoP.O-oGHORAMARI DIST-oSONITPUR oASSAM oPIN-78410o Page No.# 3/4 For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. S.C. Biswas, Advocate.

For the Respondent(s) : Mr. K. Konwar, Mr. P. Sharma, Advocate for respondent Nos.1, 2, 5 & 7. Mr. S. Konwar, Jr. Govt. Advocate for respondent Nos.3 & 6.

BEFORE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KARDAK ETE

17.03.2023 Heard the learned counsel for the parties. The petitioners are residents of Sonitpur District in the State of Assam and they have agitated their grievance before this Court in respect of 3 (three) numbers of "Amrit Sarovar" at Cheptiani, under Tezpur Revenue Circle, Balipara Development Block, District Sonitpur and have prayed to direct the respondent authorities to shift and construct the "Amrit Sarovar" to a convenient place towards the northern side of Chepetiani without blocking the elephant corridor and waterways of tributaries in strict compliance of the guidelines of Mission Amrit Sarovar initiated by the Government of India. It has been submitted at the Bar that similarly situated persons of Chirang District have approached this Court by filing writ petition, PIL No.15/2023 which was disposed of vide order dated 16.02.2023 by directing to the Deputy Commissioner, Chirang to look into the grievance of the petitioners ventilated in the representation dated 02.01.2023 and to pass appropriate speaking orders Page No.# 4/4 after making due verification. It was also directed that such orders shall be passed after affording due opportunity of hearing to the petitioners and such orders shall be communicated to the petitioners therein. Learned counsel for the petitioners have sought for similar directions in this petition also. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the view that the present PIL petition can be disposed of with the direction to the Deputy Commissioner, Sonitpur, to objectively consider the grievance of the petitioners ventilated in the representations dated 06.02.2023, 19.01.2023 and 28.01.2023 and to pass appropriate speaking orders after making due verification within a period of one month from today. Any such orders shall be passed after affording due opportunity of hearing to the petitioners and such orders shall be communicated to the petitioners. Accordingly, the instant PIL petition is disposed of in terms of the above. While disposing of the petition, we request the learned counsel for the petitioners to enclose copies of the colour photographs, which have been enclosed in this PIL, in all the copies of the petition presented before this Court as well as the copies which are served upon the respondents. Let this order be brought to the notice of the Registrar(J) for future reference/compliance.

JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Comparing Assistant