he was helping Shiv Lal, another wounded in police firing, and was bent upon him, when he got hit by the bullet. Terrorized he is getting local treatment in the village itself, but his spirits are high. The people’s peaceful protest against their land acquisition for building dam for power plant is two-and-a-half years old, but took definite shape after notices were published in early May this year for acquiring about 264 acres of land in two villages of Aamgachi and Pokhariya. The INSAF Team their resolve to protect their land -- only means of life and livelihood — in the absence of any ited five such villages and found all inhabitants united in development. Neither any political ideology nor any political organisation was responsible for people’s determination, except the issue of their survival and sustenance. INSAF Team came across a unique example of co-operative farming in Jangla Village by people’s own initiative without any government assistance, where 60 to 70 families had pooled some 50 acres of land, The field was green and yellow with blooming Sarson plants and vegetables. The village Manjhiram named Lal Kisku was responsible for motivating them, who have developed such a sustainable agricultural farming that it could provide deep insights to the Agricultural Scientists. Unfortunately, such creative intervention and indigenous initiative of the people haye gone un-noticed by the local MLA, Sri Nalin Soren, who happens to be the Agriculture Minister in the State Government. While people are firm in their resolve not to leave their land for the so-called development, the politicians and bureaucrats have utterly failed to protect the right to Life, Liberty & Livelihood of the people. On the contrary, the people of the region believe that there is a clash between the Constitutional Obligations and private vested interests of the politicians and bureaucrats. Not only the people's consent has not been obtained for the so- called development by the State which is mandatory under the law of the land, but the statutory institutions like Gram Sabha and procedures for Scheduled areas under PESA are being flouted in letter and spirit. The formation of the Tribals Advisory Council under the Vth Schedule in 9 states has been criminally and deliberately delayed as no rules and regulations have been formed, as yet. The deliberate falsehood about “Maoist’s linkage” is mischievously and systematically spread by the official machinery which appears to be serving the commercial