1. This intra court appeal is filed against the impugned Judgment dated
04.10.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge in WP(C) No.171 of 2021 by
which the prayer of the appellants/writ petitioners to quash and set aside the
order dated 17.12.2019 of the Executive Member (EM) and the order dated
16.10.2020 of the Chief Executive Member (CEM), Garo Hills Autonomous
District Council (GHADC) was rejected and the writ petition was dismissed
being devoid of merit.
2. The controversy involved in the present matter is with regard to the
succession and appointment of Nokma of Rongrekgiri A’king land. While
the appellants contention is that the Rongrekgiri A’king solely belongs to the
Raksam clan and the appellants are the only legitimate Nokmas of the
A’king, the case of the respondent No.4 is that the Rongrekgiri A’king
belongs jointly to the Rongmuthu clan and the Raksam clan and there has
always been two joint Nokmas of the said A’king appointed one each from
the respective clan. The respondent No.4 is the last appointed Nokma from
the Rongmuthu clan.
