Guwahati, April 8 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has upheld its earlier stay order restraining the Assam government from deploying personnel of the Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) for election duties ahead of the Assembly polls scheduled on Thursday (April 9, 2026).

The order was passed by the Eastern Zone Bench in Kolkata on Wednesday (April 8, 2026), while hearing a petition filed by lawyer and social activist Gaurav Kumar Bansal, who challenged a March 19 notification issued by the Assam government for mobilizing around 1,600 AFPF personnel to assist the police during Asam Assembly elections.

In its order, the tribunal made it clear that it found no reason to interfere with its earlier interim direction, stating, "no groun...