The bench orally remarked that the government’s decision of giving an ‘extraordinary’ chunk of land to Mahabal Cement Private Limited is the opposite of its objective, that is public interest
The Gauhati High Court, last week, expressed shock and displeasure over the Assam government allotting around 3,000 bighas of land to a private cement company for the purpose of mining in the Dima Hasao region of Assam. The area falls within the 6th Scheduled District under the Constitution of India, where the priority has to be given to the rights and interests of the tribal people residing there, the court noted.
According to reports, the Assam government, in October last year, allotted 2,000 bigha of land to the private company, which is registered in Kolkata. A month later, another 1,000 bighas were given to the same firm, in an adjacent plot. In February 2025, the same firm had signed an MoU for investment worth ₹110 billion with Assam government during an investment summit.
