WP(C) 2411/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.P. KATAKEY Heard Mr PK Roychoudhury, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mrs HM Phukan, learned state counsel appearing for the respondents. The petitioners, by this petition, are challenging the notice of evictio n issued by Sub-divisional Officer(Sadar), Barpeta, under Rule 18 of Settlement Rules framed under Assam Land & Revenue Regulation 1886, asking them to vacate t he land which they were occupying. Learned counsel for the petitioners has contended that the petitioners a re the members of the Chandi Bazar Khudra Bebasee Samitee, in whose favour the l and was allotted by the government, which is evident from affidavit-in-oppositio n filed by Deputy Commissioner on 19.2.2007 in WP(C) no.5176/2006. It has, there fore, been submitted that the petitioners being the members of the samitee, no e viction notice ought to have been issued by the authority. By the impugned notice dated 16th June 2010, the petitioners were asked to vacate the land in question on the ground that the said land was a government land, which contention, however, has been disputed by the petitioners. That being the position, the petitioners may submit ~ within ten days fr om today ~ representation before the Sub-divisional Officer(Sadar), Barpeta, giv ing in details the right to occupy said land and on submitting such representati on said authority shall pass necessary order within one month thereafter. For the aforesaid period of six weeks, status quo as regards the land as on today shall be maintained. Needless to say, if the SDO(Sadar), Barpeta, find s that the said land is a government land and not being allotted to the samitee, of which the petitioners claim to be its members, they shall be evicted there f rom. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs.