Writ filed in Supreme Court seeking ILP in Assam

February 18: The All Tai Ahom Chatra Sanstha (TACS) filed a writ petition in Supreme Court last week seeking introduction of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in Assam. After TACS, the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) has now filed a similar writ petition in the top court.

The ILP system is prevalent in the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland.and Manipur. Palash Changmai, General Secretary of AJYCP recently said that the youth organisation had raised the demand for ILP in Assam way back in March 1978 and has been demanding the same continuously for protecting the indigenous population.

The Inner Line Permit regulates visit of Indians to states where the ILP regime is prevalent under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873.