Guwahati, Aug. 20 -- The Gauhati High Court directed families living in Doyang and Nambor reserve forests in Golaghat district to vacate within seven days, and the State Government to set up a proper mechanism to prevent such settlements in the future.
A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury, on Monday said the families living in the forest area must vacate by Sunday and if they fail to do so, the state government can evict them.
The court was hearing petitions, filed by 74 people, challenging the notices by the district authority asking them to vacate the land within seven days.
They claimed the notices were in contravention of certain provisions of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, ...