WP(C) 813/2008 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE H.N. SARMA Heard learned Senior counsel for the petitioners. The petitioners are in occupation of certain areas of government land in dividually and they have made their residential houses thereon. It is submitted that the aforesaid lands are in the process of settling w ith other persons depriving the persons who are already in occupation of the sam e for the last 18(eighteen) years. It is also submitted that necessary applicat ions for settlement of their respective areas of the lands have been filed. The learned counsel further submits that the respondents authorities have threatened the petitioners to evict them from their possessions without following due proc edures of law. In view of the above, this writ petition is disposed of with the d irections that the respondents authorities may take recourse to evict the petiti oners from the government lands under their possessions, but they can only do s o in compliance with the provisions of Rule 18 of Settlement Rules framed unde r the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886 and not otherwise. With the aforesaid order, this writ petition stands disposed of.