WP(C) 3941/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Heard Mr. S.P. Choudhury, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. B .J. Ghosh, learned State counsel appearing for all the respondents. Considering the subject matter involved and as agreed to by the learned counsels for both the parties, the matter is taken up for disposal at this stage itself. The petitioner retired as an Upper Division Assistant from the establishment of the Deputy Commissioner, Cachar, Silchar. By letter dated 19-6-2003 issued by th e Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Revenue (Settlement) Department, a plo t of Government land, measuring 5 kathas covered by Dag No. 647/863 under Barakh al Grant Mouza and Porgona Chatla Haor under Sadar Revenue Circle was settled wi th the petitioner subject to payment of 100% land value as premium. By communica tion dated 6-8-2003, the Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Cachar informed the Assistan t Settlement Officer, Sadar Circle, Silchar that the petitioner had deposited th e entire premium amount and, therefore, the later was requested to hand over th e possession of the land to the petitioner and to correct the land records acco rdingly. What happened from 2003 to 2010 is not very clear from the record. Howe ver, subsequently, on 25-3-2010, the petitioner requested the Assistant Settleme nt Officer to handover the possession of the said plot of land as well as to iss ue necessary patta in his favour. On that day itself, the Assistant Settlement O fficer, Sadar Circle, Silchar wrote to the Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Cachar tha t as there was no trace map indicating the proposed land, the possession of the land could not be handed over to the petitioner and a request was made to provid e the said authority with the original trace map for doing the needful. The orig inal trace map was forwarded to the Assistant Settlement Officer by the Addl. De puty Commissioner on 30-3-2010. But thereafter the necessary consequential steps have not been taken and the possession of the land has not been handed over to the petitioner. Aggrieved, the petitioner is before this court seeking a direction to the respon dents to hand over the aforesaid plot of land to him. This court by order dated 5-8-2011 directed the State counsel to obtain instruct ions. As instructions were not forthcoming, the learned State counsel had prayed for time on 16-9-2011 and again on 28-10-2011. Today also when the matter is ca lled upon, the learned State counsel submits that he has not yet received any in structions in the matter. I have considered the averments made in the writ petition and the documents anne xed thereto. I have also heard the submissions made by the learned counsels. This writ petition is disposed of by directing the Assistant Settlement Officer, Sadar Circle, Silchar to handover the possession of the land measuring 5(five) Kathas covered by Dag No. 647/863 under Barakhal Grant Mouza and Porgona Chatla Haor under Sadar Revenue Circle in the district of Cachar to the petitioner and to make necessary correction in the revenue records within a period of 4(four) w eeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition stands disposed of.