Case Law Analysis
|Gauhati High Court
Assam RTPS Act, 2012 Section 10 | Delay in Converting Allotment Certificate to Periodic Patta Requires Exhaustion of First Appellate Remedy: Gauhati HC
The Gauhati High Court has ruled that petitioners seeking conversion of allotment certificates to periodic pattas must first file an appeal before the First Appellate Authority within 30 days, as mandated by the Assam Right to Public Services Act, 2012. This reinforces that writ jurisdiction cannot bypass statutorily prescribed administrative appeals, affecting thousands of landholders in Assam reliant on formal land records for tenure security.