WA/227/2023 of THE ENGINEERING PROJECT INDIA. LTD . Vs THE STATE OF MIZORAM AND 335 ORS E on 30 July 2026

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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WA/227/2023 THE ENGINEERING PROJECT INDIA. LTD . REPRESENTED BY THE UTPAL PATOWARY, AGM , O/O CORE 3, SCOPE COMPLEX, 7 INSTITUTIONAL AREA, LODHI ROAD,NEW DELHI 3 VERSUS THE STATE OF MIZORAM AND 335 ORS E REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF MIZORAM, AIZAWL 2:THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF MIZORAM REVENUE DEPARTMENT AIZAWL. 3:THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER -CUM-DISTRICT COLLECTOR

LUNGLEI DISTRICT LUNGLEI 4:THE UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS BORDER MANAGEMENT DIVISION I NEW DELHI 5:JONE S/O GURUL CHONDRO

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT.

6:MONU BODRO S/O MERA

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 7:G.CHONDRO S/O SANDHOI

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 8:P/S C/O VCP DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 9:BOLU S/O BANGHA CHONDRO

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 10:CHONDRO KUMAR S/O SANTI MOY

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 11:PARANSANTI S/O SANDRO MUNI

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 12:SANDRO MUNI S/O BODI BUSAYA DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 13:DHONO KUMAR S/O BOHOMAN

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DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 16:CHONDRO MOHAN S/O BEKKA

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 17:NILO ROTH S/O CHANDRO MOHAN

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 18:SANDRO KUMAR S/O KELLYE

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 19:PAKKI S/O SONGOSAN

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 20:CHONDRO LAL S/O SANGO SUR DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 21:NILLO BORON S/O CHONDRO MOHAN

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DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 23:NOTUNYA . S/O CHAGONIA

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 24:GOBINATH S/O SANDU

DEVASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 25:BUDDHA MUNI S/O SOMDU MUNI

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 26:NILA RANJAN S/O ANANDA KUMAR

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 27:BIRO LAL S/O SURESH KUMAR

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 28:PESENA RANJAN S/O HENA RANJAN

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 29:HEMA MUKHI D/O LUSHAI CHAND

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT.

30:MINKY S/O PRITI CHAKMA

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 31:RUPA KUMAR S/O SAUMUNI

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 32:PRIYO DHOR D/O LUSHAI CHAND

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 33:CHETORANJAN S/O LAKNA

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 34:NILO MONY S/O MADAN KUMAR

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 35:BUSHAN KANTI S/O ANANDA KUMAR

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 36:SUR PRAKASH S/O DESI KUMAR

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 37:TORONI SEN S/O KALA CHAND

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MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 39:RATNA DEVI D/O CHITTO RONJON

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 40:SUDIR MOY S/O DOYAL KUMAR

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 41:CHANDRA KELA S/O HEMANTOLAL

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 42:PREMA RONJON S/O GEDORAM

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 43:GORUL CHANDRO S/O JUGENDRO

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 44:BINI MOY S/O SINGHO MUNI

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 45:BIMOL KANTI S/O SURESH KUMAR

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 46:SANTI MUNI D/O SAMBOMONI

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 47:ROSIK DHAN S/O MAJANGHALA

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 48:SANTI RONJON D/O BISHNA RAM

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 49:DULAL CHANDRO S/O KAILASDHON

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 50:ANIL JOBON S/O RUPA KUMAR

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 51:PROMA RONJON S/O KALASOKA

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 52:ANONTO KUMAR S/O MONGOL JOY

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 53:OKAY KUMAR

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MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 54:GURUL CHANDRO S/O JUGENDRO

MALSURI LUNGLEL DISTRICT 55:VC CHAKMA S/O PK CHAKMA

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 56:SUPARNA W/O PROSANTI

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 57:PATHORI KUMAR S/O ROBI MOHAN

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 58:MAJANGALA S/O BATATCHIA

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 59:NILLO ROTON S/O JOY KISTO

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 60:NIROTH KUMAR S/O PHODO KUMAR

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT.

61:KRISHNO S/O JOY KISTO

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 62:AMAR CHAND S/O TORONISEN MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 63:NOBIN CHAND S/O JUPENDRA

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 64:GULPEDA S/O BORPHEDA

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 65:KALA SELA S/O SARENDRO MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 66:RAJ KINGKOR S/O KHESBOLI

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 67:SUBO KUMAR S/O MAJANGHALA

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 68:NIBARON S/O RAJENDRO

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MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 70:UGADI S/O SUNILMOY

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 71:HEMO BINDU S/O BHIGONIA

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT 72:OMAR CHONDRO S/O MOROTI MOHAN

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 73:SSA P. SCHOOL C/O VC

MALSURI LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 74:PROTI RONJON S/O BEHARI LAL

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 75:NILO KUMAR S/O AREIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT.

76:SNEHO KUMAR S/O DOILIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 77:MAYA DEVI D/O PHORIYA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 78:NILOBI S/O SUKROMUNI

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 79:BOKUL MUNI S/O PROMOD BIKASH

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 80:LOKHYA S/O SUBO CHANDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI 81:LOKHI CHANDRO S/O TARBUA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 82:SUKROSARJYIO S/O CHIGONA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 83:SNEHA RONJON D/O MONGOL MOHAN

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84:DEVI SINGH D/O. SOBAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 85:ANURODRO S/O NOTTON CHONDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 86:SANTI BIKASH D/O OBIMOIMIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 87:CHITTORONJON S/O PRENAMOY TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 88:BADRO SINGH S/O PUINO MUNI TABLAAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 89:PERSINGH S/O PUINIA MUNI TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 90:MONGA DEVI D/O MONGAL MOHAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 91:GYANO RONJON S/O RAJ CHANDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 92:PHULESWARI S/O ABNI RONJON

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 93:BISHWANATH S/O MEYARAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 94:KINA RAM S/O SILA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 95:CHANDRO KUMAR S/O DINO CHANDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 96:PROTIMOY S/OPHOREYA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 97:BUSHAN KANTI S/O ANONDO KUMAR

TEBLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 98:NIDORIA BOLI S/O DRONO MOHAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 99:TRIDIP CHAKMA S/O GOPAL MONGOL

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 100:DAYAMOY S/O PHORIYA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 101:PREMO RONJON S/O ROY CHANDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 102:DIRENDRO S/O BUDIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 103:NIDIR CHAKMA S/O SANTI ROY TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 104:CHIGON MOHAN S/O CHITRO KUMAR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 105:DRUNO MOHAN S/O BAMA CHANDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 106:RONJON S/O PHIDAHUMUA

TALABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 107:PHULO KANTI S/O MUKTO SINGH

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT.

108:BIJOY DHOR S/O KHANDA RA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 109:BISWAMITRO S/O NUTAN CHANDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 110:CHITORONJON S/O PREMAMOY

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 111:BADIA ROTON S/O BISWANATH

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 112:PVT. E.M. SCHOOL C/O VCP TBLG

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 113:SUNIL KUMAR S/O HENGOTIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 114:JOY CHANDRON S/O PORAK CHONDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 115:SOBHA MITRO S/O PROTIMOY

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116:SANTI PRIYO S/O MEGANATH

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 117:JAMMURUA S/O PURUNDHAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 118:RAJ CHONDRO S/O SANDU

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 119:POISARAM VICP S/O NOBIN CHANDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 120:BABUNIA S/O LUSHAI MOHAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 121:BAJYA CHONDRO S/O BOGOTGAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 122:KALABUA S/O INDROJOY

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 123:SURJO LAL S/O KORMO DHON

TALLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT

124:MUKU CHAKMA S/O DEBONA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 125:TOTEHA S/O KANCHAND

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 126:MONGOL MOHAN S/O PUINOSEN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 127:ANONTO S/O BANUARAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 128:LOKSARO S/O EKANIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 129:PURO MOHAN S/O PUINOSEN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 130:DANESHWARI S/O RAGONI KUMAR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 131:BASU DEP S/O SAMMIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT

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TALABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 133:BABUNIA S/O ANONDO KUMAR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 134:ROBIR KUMAR S/O LUSHAI MOHAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 135:SIGONIA S/O RAMONI

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 136:BEHARI LAL S/O KHULOMUNI

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 137:NOLINI KANTO S/O POISARAM

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 138:SURESH MUGI S/ORAM CHANDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 139:BISHWA MITRO S/O NOTUN CHONDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT

140:ARUN KUMAR S/O LUSHAI KUMAR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 141:SAMDAR S/O PUNYN CHANDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 142:BIMOL CHANDRO S/O DEVA MOHAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 143:KALA CHAND S/O PULSYASEN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 144:ANGANWADI C/O NAGURI (WK)

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 145:DONO S/O SAROTI

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 146:SONIRAM S/O NABIN CHANDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 147:JORNA S/O RONJIT

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148:ABONI RONJON S/O ALLYA CHAKMA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 149:GULPHEDA S/O KODORAM

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 150:HENGOTIA S/O TILOK MUNI

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 151:ANONDO MALA S/O BONORAM

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 152:BUDDHA MAJI S/O TILOK MUNI

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 153:DURNO MOHAN S/O BAMA CHORAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 154:KAMALA RONJON S/O GULSOKA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 155:MUKTO SINGH S/O DURNOMUNI

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT

156:RETIKA CHAKMA D/O RM. CHAKMA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 157:TORONI KANTI S/O POISARAM

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 158:BANURAM S/O LUSHAI KUMAR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 159:BAZAR SHED C/O POISARAM VCP

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 160:SUKRO SEN S/O KOMODRIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 161:CHITO RONJAN S/O NISHI KUMAR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 162:MANYA S/O HORIMON

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 163:BOKORA S/O KINARAM

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT

164:SARAIYA S/O LOKHI MUNI

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 165:PHULTARA S/O MAKKABA (L)

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 166:NAION SINGH S/O NAKKABA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 167:SOMOTI RONJON S/O BEHARAI LAL

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 168:ANRATI S/O SURJO KUMAR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 169:KONUNGO SINGH S/O ALLYA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 170:JOTIRMOY S/O GODHASAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 171:SANDOX S/O TOTHIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT

172:JOTRO SEN S/O PHULA KUMAR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 173:CHIGON CHAND S/O KENYARAM

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 174:ROI PHUDI S/O RATARAM

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 175:LOKONA S/O LUSHAI MOHAN

TALLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 176:GURIKA S/O BICHOSEN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 177:SORIYIBON S/O KALENDOR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 178:MARTINA S/O RUPA YAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 179:IDRO KUMAR S/O NOBIN CHONDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT

180:KINA RONJON S/O SARUJIBON

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 181:GRAVEYARD (TABLAB) C/O YCA PRESIDENT

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 182:SANTI RONJON S/O BEHARI LAL

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 183:BUBAN BIJOY S/O SUKROSATGYIO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 184:DAYAL S/O DARBUA CHONDRO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 185:SONGKOR S/O AMRITA ROJON

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 186:ANONDO SINGH S/O NAKKABA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 187:BIJOY SINGH S/O NAKKABA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT

188:SANTI MOY S/O TONYARAM

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 189:RAMESH S/O SELA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 190:BEGADI S/O KHANDARAM

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 191:PRODIP S/O DEBONA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 192:DILIP KUMAR S/O DOILIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 193:LOKHI LODA S/O RUPA MOHAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 194:NISHI MOHAN S/O PUINOSEN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 195:SURESH S/O INDRO

TABLABAGH

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TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 197:COMMUNITY HALL C/O VCP (TLB)

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 198:NOTIA S/O KALA CHAND

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 199:GYANO RONJON S/O PUSPO KUMAR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 200:CHANDRO MOHAN S/O RONJONIA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 201:LUSHAI KUMAR S/O NOMO

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 202:SIJI S/O BENGA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. S/O BENGA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT.

203:SSA P/SCHOOL C/O VCP

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 204:OSUK KUMAR S/O ADIDHON

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 205:BEGAN PHUDI S/O DULUM KUMAR

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 206:NILO MUGI S/O RAMMUNI

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 207:KATTYA S/O DHONONJON

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 208:ANUK BARAN S/O TARA CHARAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 209:BHAGHYANIDI S/O KARNA

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI DISTRICT 210:DINESH CHONDRO S/O PURANDHON

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211:PAVILION (TBLB) C/O VCP

TABLABAGH LUNGLEI 212:KAMINI MOHAN S/O RAJONI MOHAN

TABLABAGH LUNGLEL DISTRICT. 213:PROMOT KANTI S/O SUBA RAJ

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 214:KHANDOR SINGH S/O BOLI

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 215:PRIOSURAM S/O PHULESWAR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 216:SOBNO KUMAR S/O PHULETSOR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 217:LAHKSMI PRASAT S/O SOPRIO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 218:SANTI BIJOY S/O ROJONIS

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT

219:ROBINDRANATH S/O BINESWAR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 220:ANIL KANTI S/O KADUNNS KUMAR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 221:PHULETSOR S/O TILAK MONI

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 222:ZAMZAM S/O ROHUL CHONDRO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 223:BOTLA S/O NETEI CHORAN

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 224:ROTAN KATI S/O JUBNAKNO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 225:BIRO KUMAR S/O SESSENDRO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT.

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BIDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 227:SUSIL KANTI S/O PULIN BIHARI

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 228:SANTI LODHA D/O SATURGON

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 229:MODHON S/O PROSORAM

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 230:GOMESINDU S/O INDROJIT

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 231:RAM CHONDRO S/O BENGA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 232:BABUL S/O DONGKOR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 233:SONOKO S/O ARUN

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT

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BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 235:BONGA S/O SORKO

BINDOSORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 236:JUJENDRO S/O KALA CHAND

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 237:RONJANIA S/O RANGABIJOY

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 238:CHANDRO MUNI S/O DIRENDRO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 239:SODIL KUMAR S/O RAJ MOHAN

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 240:CHANDRO MALA S/O KENIA RA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 241:GOHINI S/O NISI KUMAR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT

242:SEJO KANA S/O ROTHO HARAM

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 243:KOMOLENI S/O TILAK MONI

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 244:GHANDI S/O ONDO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 245:UDAI SANGBOR S/O NIBILIA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 246:RAHUL CHONDRO S/O BAGA SEDA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 247:PRIVATE P/S C/O PRIO RONJON

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 248:BOLI S/O PHULO MUNI

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 249:ARUN KUMAR S/O KORNO

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BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 251:ANIL BORON S/O SADONIA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 252:DONO KUMAR S/O KAMALETSOR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 253:GYONO RONJON S/O BUDHU MUNI

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 254:SUBO NAKSO S/O RANGA BIJOY (L)

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 255:MEYA LAL D/O CHONDRO NATH

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 256:GYONO ROTON S/O PRATAP CHONDRO

BIDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 257:JORAT CHORON S/O PROTI RONJON

BINDASORA

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BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 259:BATTYA S/O KRISHNO CHONDDRO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 260:SUBO RAJ S/O MAGURA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 261:GOVINDA S/O PROSURAM

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 262:PRATAP SINGH S/O PROSURAM

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 263:SANJOY KANTI S/O JOLOBAG

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 264:SNEHA KUMAR D/O MISI KUMAR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 265:KANJAN KUMAR S/O PHULITSOR

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BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 267:PHELABI S/O PROSURAM

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 268:BIRO SINGHO S/O SUERENDRO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 269:BUDDHIST TEMPLE C/O SUBANAKSO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 270:SUSEN S/O ROBINDRANATH

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 271:SUKRO SATJYO S/O SADONIA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 272:DORMO ROTTON S/O NISHI MOHAN

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 273:ZABIKA D/O MAYA LAL

BINDASORA

LUNGLEI DISTRICT 274:NATTUA S/O PURNO MUNI BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 275:SUBOL KUMAR S/O TARMIDIA BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 276:BOZARAKA S/O BAITI

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 277:JOY SEN S/O ROBINDRANATH BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 278:AKANIA S/O RAMYA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 279:SUJOL KANTI S/O JOBUNAKSO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 280:DILLIP KUMAR S/O ROY KUMAR BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 281:DOSOROT S/O KOMELETSOR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 282:SOROBOLA S/O KOMELETSOR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 283:DONO KUMAR S/O NILIDIA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 284:PROBHAT CHONDRO S/O BENGA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 285:HRIDOY RONJAN S/O DONO KUMAR

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 286:GOVT. P/S C/O LAKHSMI PRASA

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 287:SUSANGKO S/O SURENDRO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 288:PHULIN BIKASH S/O RANGA BIJOY

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT. 289:KALAPUNA S/O SURENDRO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 290:BIMAL KANTI S/O SUBANAKSO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 291:RUKBANU S/O PRIO RONJON

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 292:RANA S/O JINON JOY

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 293:JITENDRA S/O MAYA LAL

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 294:TRIDIP S/O UDOY SANKO

BINDASORA LUNGLEI DISTRICT 295:PURNA KUMAR D/O SUNADHON

NUNSURY LUNGLEI DISTRICT 296:KRISNA RONJAN S/O SOLIA HOZI

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SILGUR LUNGLEI DISTRIC Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. W SHARMA, Advocate for the Respondent : ASSTT.S.G.I., MR. C LALRAMZAUVA (R-319,326,336),MR. A R MALHOTRA(R-319,326,336),GA, MIZORAM,MR. S K MEDHI (r-4)

BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR HON’BLE MR JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY

For the Appellant(s): Mr A Phukan, Advocate, Mr P Sarma, Advocate For the Respondent(s): Mr C Lalramzauva, Sr. Advocate Mr S Lalbuatsaiha, Advocate Ms P Bhattacharya, Addl AG, Mizoram Mr KK Medhi, Advocate for Respondent No. 4.

Date on which the Judgment was Reserved:17.07.2026

Date of the pronouncement of the Judgment :31.07.2026 Whether the pronouncement is the operative part of the Judgment: NA.

Whether the full Judgment has been pronounced: Yes.

JUDGMENT & ORDER (CAV)

(A.D. Choudhury, J)

1. The present appeal arises out of the judgment and order dated 17.06.2022 passed by the learned Single Judge in WP(C) No. 87/2018, whereby the learned Single Judge directed the Deputy Commissioner/collector to calculate the statutory benefits under LA Award No.1/2009 and forward the same to the acquiring authorities for release of the entire awarded compensation together with admissible solatium and interest to the landlords.

2. The facts are not in dispute. The respondents /writ petitioners are landowners, whose land situated in Silgur-II, Nunsuri, Bindasora, Tablabagh, Malsury and Devasora villages in Lunglei district was acquired for construction of Indo-Bangladesh border fencing.

3. Notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was issued on 06.11.2006 pursuant to which the Collector prepared draft Award No. 1/2009 determining the compensation. The draft award received the approval of the Government of Mizoram on 08.05.2009, under the first proviso to Section 11(1) of the Act, 1894, and thereafter, the Award was forwarded to the acquiring agency for deposit of the awarded amount.

4. Since the awarded compensation was not released, proceedings were initiated before the Reference Court seeking statutory benefits under the Land Acquisition Act. Although the Reference Court initially granted solatium and statutory interest, the matter was subsequently remanded by a Single Judge in WP(C) No. 2/2015 on the ground that the acquiring agency had not been impleaded in the proceeding. Upon remand, the reference proceeding ultimately came to be dismissed primarily for the reason that the Reference did not have any authority to determine the dispute raised.

5. Thereafter, the respondent instituted WP(C) No. 87/ 2018 seeking a direction for payment of the compensation determined under Award No. 1/2009 together with solatium, statutory interest under section 23 (1)(A) and 23 (2) and interest for delayed payment under Section 28 and 34 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

6. The learned Single Judge, under the impugned judgment, held that the Collector's award had never been challenged in any proceeding known to law. Relying upon the decisions of the Honourable Apex Court in Union of India and Another vs Pushpavathi and Others reported in (2018) 3 SCC 28 and Santosh Kumar and Ors. vs Central Warehousing Corporation and Another reported in (1986) 2 SCC 343, the learned Judge concluded that the writ petition was maintainable for enforcement of statutory entitlement arising from the Award.

7. Accordingly, the Deputy Commissioner was directed to calculate the statutory benefits and forward the same to the acquiring authorities for release of the entire awarded compensation together with admissible solatium and interest to the landlords.

8. Mr Phukan, learned counsel for the Appellants, assailing such determination, contended that the writ petition ought to have been dismissed solely on the ground of unexplained delay and laches, as the respondents approached the writ court nearly nine years after passing of the award. It was submitted that respondents had an efficacious statutory remedy by way of execution of the award and therefore, invocation of extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 was wholly unwarranted.

9. Reliance was placed on State of MP & Ors. v. Nandlal Jaiswal, and Ors., reported in (1986) 4 SCC 566, and Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board & Ors. T.T. Murali Babu reported in (2014) 4 SCC 108 to contend that stale claims should not be entertained in exercise of discretionary jurisdiction.

10. It was further argued that the award passed by the Collector was executable as a decree and that the High Court ought not to assume the role of an executing court. Reliance in this regard was placed upon Rampal Jadhav and Another vs. State of Haryana and Others reported in 2021 SCC OnLine P&H 3358, Banamali Katu and Ors. vs The State and Others reported in 2000 SCC OnLine Cal 570 and B. Govinda Reddy vs Revenue Divisional Officer -cum- Land Acquisition Officer, Kurnool, reported in 1997 SCC OnLine AP 602.

11. Placing reliance upon Executive Engineer, Nimna Dudhna Project, Selu, District Parbhani, Maharashtra vs State of Maharashtra reported in (2020) 3 SCC 255, it was also argued that interest ought not to be awarded for the period attributable to the respondents' own delay in approaching the court.

12. An additional contention advanced by the appellants was that they had no knowledge of the award and that certain factual irregularities relating to the acquisition process, including excess acquisition of land, had escaped consideration of the Collector as well as of the learned Single Judge. It was therefore submitted that the learned Single Judge proceeded on equitable considerations without appreciating the factual and legal objections raised by the appellants.

13. Per contra, Mr C. Lalramzauva, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the respondents, submitted that the writ petitioners did not seek enhancement of compensation nor did they question the acquisition proceeding. The limited grievance was that statutory benefits already determined under the Land Acquisition Act had been unlawfully withheld.

14. It was argued that payment of solatium and statutory interest is not a matter of discretion but a statutory obligation. Failure to discharge such obligation gives right to a continuing cause of action amenable to correction under Article 226 of the Constitution.

15. Reliance was placed upon the decision of a co-ordinate bench in Young Lai Association (YLA) & Anr vs State of Mizoram & Ors reported in 2017 (3) GLT 382, the decision of the Supreme Court in Vidya Devi vs State of Himachal Pradesh and

Others reported in (2020) 2 SCC 569 and Ultra-Tech Cement Limited vs Mast Ram and Others reported in (2025) 1 SCC 798 to contend that Constitutional guarantee under Article 300A obligates the State and its instrumentalities to pay lawful compensation together with all statutory incidents attached to it and that technical objections relating to delay or alternative remedy cannot defeat an admitted statutory entitlement.

16. We have bestowed our anxious consideration to the rival submissions and carefully examined the records of the case. The principal objection raised by the appellant is that the writ petition itself ought not to have been entertained on account of unexplained delay of almost nine years and that respondents, if at all aggrieved, ought to have sought execution of the award instead of invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The appellants have also attempted to question the award itself by contending that they had no knowledge of the award and that the award suffered from several infirmities.

17. In our considered opinion, none of the aforesaid contentions merit acceptance.

18. At the outset, it deserves to be noticed that acquisition proceedings themselves are not in dispute. The lands of the respondents stood acquired for the benefit of the appellant. The statutory procedure contemplated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 culminated in the preparation of a draft award by the Collector, which the Government thereafter approved. Upon such approval, the award attained finality. Admittedly, the award was never challenged by the appellant before any competent forum.

19. The legality and validity or correctness of the award, therefore, cannot now be permitted to be questioned collaterally in a proceeding initiated by the land owners only for enforcement of the statutory consequences following the award.

20. The plea that the appellant had no knowledge of the award is equally devoid of merit.

The acquisition itself was undertaken exclusively for the benefit of the appellant. The statutory scheme required Governmental approval before the award could attain finality. It is, therefore, difficult to accept that the beneficiary of the acquisition remained completely unaware of the very award determining the compensation payable. Significantly, except for making a bold assertion, no contemporaneous material has been produced to establish either the absence of knowledge or the date on which such knowledge was allegedly acquired. Even thereafter, no proceedings were instituted to date challenging the award. The conduct of the appellant is thus wholly inconsistent with the plea now sought to be advanced.

21. Once the award attained finality, the acquiring authority and the beneficiary cannot selectively accept part of the award which suits them while refusing to discharge the statutory liabilities imposed by the very same award. Such a course would strike at the finality attached to the statutory adjudication under the Land Acquisition Act.

22. The next submission relates to the delay and laches. There can be no dispute with the proposition laid down in Nandlal Jaiswal (supra) and Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (supra) that the writ jurisdiction is discretionary and stale claims ordinarily ought not to be entertained. Those decisions, however, were rendered in entirely different factual settings and cannot be applied divorced from the nature of the right sought to be enforced in the writ petition.

23. In the present case, the respondents are not seeking enhancement of the compensation nor are they questioning the acquisition proceedings. The award has already determined the compensation payable. The grievance of the respondents is confined to non-payment of statutory benefits which automatically flow from the award under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Failure to discharge such statutory obligation gives rise to a continuing cause of action.

24. Mere lapse of time, therefore, cannot extinguish a liability imposed by statute, more particularly in the absence of any such statutory prescription.

25. The constitutional dimension of the controversy cannot also be overlooked. Article 300A mandates that no person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law. Lawful acquisition necessarily carries with it a corresponding obligation to pay lawful compensation together with all statutory incidents attached thereto. The Supreme Court in Vidya Devi (supra) empathetically reiterated that the State cannot retain private property without paying due compensation. More recently, in Ultra-Tech Cement Limited (supra), the Supreme Court observed that once the land is acquired under the power of eminent domain, the acquiring authority is under a bounden statutory obligation to ensure prompt payment of compensation to the landowners. The Court further deprecated attempts by acquiring authorities to avoid or delay discharge of such statutory obligations.

26. Equally unsustainable is the submission that respondents ought to have pursued execution proceedings instead of invoking Article 226. Availability of alternative remedy undoubtedly remains an important consideration governing exercise of writ jurisdiction. However, it is equally well settled that such remedy is not an inflexible bar where enforcement of an undisputed statutory obligation is involved.

27. The respondents have not sought adjudication of disputed private rights. The entitlement flows directly from a statutory award which has attained finality. The Coordinate Bench decision in Young Lai Association (supra) correctly recognised that in appropriate cases involving enforcement of statutory compensation arising out of compulsory acquisition, exercise of writ jurisdiction cannot be declined merely because another remedy may also be available.

28. We are also unable to accept the attempt made by the appellants to assail the correctness of the award by alleging excess acquisition or procedural irregularities. Such issue, even if assumed to exist, could only have been raised by instituting appropriate proceedings questioning the award itself. The award having attained finality long ago, such objections cannot be re-agitated indirectly while resisting payment of statutory benefits. Permitting such collateral challenge would defeat the entire statutory framework governing land acquisition and unsettle concluded proceedings.

29. Reliance has also been placed by the appellant upon Executive Engineer, Nimna Dudhna Project (supra) to contend that interest ought not to be granted for the period attributable to the respondent's delay.

30. The principle enunciated therein is well settled. Interest being compensatory in nature may in any appropriate case be regulated having regard to the conduct of the claimant. However, that principle cannot be stretched to deny the substantive statutory benefits themselves. The liability to pay compensation, together with the statutory incidence attached to the award, remains unaffected. At best, the question regarding computation of interest, in a given case, for any identifiable period attributable solely to the beneficiary of an Award may be examined while implementing the award, if the fact so justifies; it does not furnish a ground to interfere with the judgment under appeal.

31. Viewed from any angle, we find ourselves in agreement with the conclusion reached by the learned single judge that the respondents cannot be deprived of statutory benefits attached to an award which has attained finality and has never been questioned in accordance with law. The objections founded upon delay, alternative remedy, alleged lack of knowledge and collateral challenge to the award do not persuade us to take a different view.

The opinion rendered by the learned single judge can neither be termed as perverse, nor is the decision rendered ignoring any settled principle of law, warranting interference at the hands of an intra-court appellate forum.

32. We accordingly find no error either in law or on facts warranting interference with the impugned judgment. The appeal being devoid of merit deserves dismissal. Accordingly, the writ appeal stands dismissed; parties to bear their own costs.

JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Comparing Assistant