WP(C) 5275/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ASOK POTSANGBAM. Heard Mr. J. Sarma, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. P.Bora, learned G ovt. Advocate, Assam. It is stated by the petitioner that Lower Subansiri Sand and Gravel Mahal was se ttled with the petitioner for a period of 2( two ) years w.e.f. 1.4.2008. An amo unt of Rs. 49 Lakhs is said to have been deposited as total kist for the Mahal a nd terms of the Mahal is going to end on 31.3.2010. It is further contended by t he petitioner that though the Mahal was settled with the petitioner with the fol lowing boundaries :- North :- 700 mtrs.Away from the point where koilaman meet Subansiri river toward s down stream. South :-A point 700 mtrs. Away from the RCC bridge of P.W.D. on N.H-52 in the do wn stream Subansiiri River. East :-Left bank of Subansiri river and soil conservation afforestation area. West :-Right bank of Subansiri River and Soil Conservation afforestation area. However, a total area of 2 Kms remained occupied by some other Mahaldars and th erefore,the entire area of the Mahal could not be utilised by the petitioner. I n this regard, the petitioner had drawn attention of this court to a Joint Inqu iry Report dated 31.10.2000 ( Annexure- 8 to the writ petition ) wherein it is r eflected that almost 2 kms of Lower Subansiri Mahal area remains occupied by t he Dhemaji Forest Division and in the aforesaid 2 kms. the Mahaldar of Dhemaji h ad been operating for a long period. This fact has not been disputed by the Gov t. in the affidavit. The precise case of the petitioner is that though he has be en, awarded a Mahal for a large area ,he could not extract anything from the en tire area as the area of about 2 kms of the settled Mahal remained under the occ upation of other Mahaldars under Dhemaji Forest Division. In this regard, the pe titioner has submitted several representations but the same remain without bein g disposed of. At this stage, the learned Counsel for the petitioner has submitt ed that this writ petition can be disposed of by directing the Respondent No. 2, the Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial), Assam, Guwahati to consider and dispose of the Representation dated 23.6.2009 ( Annexure-9 to the writ petition ) within a time frame. The suggestion made by the learned Counsel for the petit ioner is not objected to by the learned Govt. Advocate. Accordingly, this writ p etition is disposed of by directing the petitioner to submit a fresh copy of the Representation dated 23.6.2009 with a copy of this order within a week from today and the Respondent No. 2, on receipt of the said Representation from the petitioner, shall consider and dispose of the same within a period of 2 ( two ) weeks. With the above observations and directions, this writ petition stands di sposed of.