SHRI NOKMAN KONYAK vs THE STATE OF NAGALAND AND 5 ORS Advocate - GOVT ADV NL — WA/17/2026

Case under Gauhati High Court Rules Section 5. Disposed: Contested--Dismissed on 08th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: GAHC020002742026

Filing Number

WA/190/2026

Filing Date

21-Apr-2026

Registration No

WA/17/2026

Registration Date

27-Apr-2026

Judge

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pranjal Das

Coram

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pranjal Das

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

10237 - Writ Appeals under the Gauhati High Court Rules. ( 204 )

Judicial Branch

Civil Section

Decision Date

08-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Dismissed

Last updated 09-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Gauhati High Court Rules Section 5

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SHRI NOKMAN KONYAK

    Adv. C. T. JAMIR, SR. ADV

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF NAGALAND AND 5 ORS Advocate - GOVT ADV NL

  2. 2.THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY

  3. 3.THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

  4. 4.THE ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

  5. 5.THE HEAD DOBASHI

  6. 6.SHRI N. SHOMWANG @ SHOMWANG WANGHAM

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 08-May-2026

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pranjal DasView PDF

    Case Summary: WA/17/2026 The Gauhati High Court dismissed Shri Nokman Konyak's intra-court appeal challenging the lower court's dismissal of his writ petitions concerning 157.81 acres of farmland at Tizit, Nagaland. The court held that the 1971 "Special Permit For Farm Land" granted to Konyak's father was merely a revocable cultivation licence under the Indian Easements Act, not a heritable property allotment. Since the licence was personal and non-transferable, it automatically lapsed upon his father's death in 1974, creating no inheritable rights for the appellant. The court rejected claims of adverse possession and found Konyak's acceptance of a separate 0.67-acre allotment in 2020 inconsistent with asserting ownership over the original permitted area. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 06-May-2026

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Kumar SharmaView PDF

  4. 06-May-2026

    Admission

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pranjal Das

  5. 29-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pranjal DasView PDF

  6. 21-Apr-2026

    Case filed

    Registration No. WA/17/2026

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: WA/17/2026 The Gauhati High Court dismissed Shri Nokman Konyak's intra-court appeal challenging the lower court's dismissal of his writ petitions concerning 157.81 acres of farmland at Tizit, Nagaland. The court held that the 1971 "Special Permit For Farm Land" granted to Konyak's father was merely a revocable cultivation licence under the Indian Easements Act, not a heritable property allotment. Since the licence was personal and non-transferable, it automatically lapsed upon his father's death in 1974, creating no inheritable rights for the appellant. The court rejected claims of adverse possession and found Konyak's acceptance of a separate 0.67-acre allotment in 2020 inconsistent with asserting ownership over the original permitted area. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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