WP(C) 5896/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H.N. SARMA The grievance of the petitioners is that they are in occupation of Govt. Khas la nd since 2001 and they have applied for settlement of said land in their favour in the year 2007. On 2009-2010 similar representation was submitted but the respondents did nothin g and further propose to evict the petitioners. Admittedly, the land in question is Govt. land. A person acquires right over th e Govt. land only u/s 6(8) of the Assam Land and Revenue Act and other than such rights no person can acquire Govt. land. However, they submitted application fo r allotment of land in their favour. This writ petition is disposed of with a direction that the respondent authoriti es before taking action of eviction of the petitioners by resorting to Rule 18 o f the Settlement Rules, the representation dated 07/10/2009 filed by the petitio ner be considered and disposed of. This disposes of this writ petition.