India, March 12 -- A division bench of the Gauhati High Court, headed by Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury, on March 9 dismissed an appeal filed by nine shopkeepers challenging the termination of their land licences at Tangla Railway Station (WA/52/26).

The appellants, including Prabin Boro and others, had been occupying railway land near the station for nearly five decades under temporary land licence agreements issued by the Northeast Frontier Railway.

According to court records, the licences allowed them to use the land for commercial and residential purposes. The original licence holders continued their businesses and later sought the transfer of rights over the land, leading to disputes over their legal st...