The ongoing eviction of encroachers form forest land in Assam as per a Supreme Court directive has proved to be an acid test for the new Tarun Gogoi-led Congress Government's political will to carry out an administrative measure which has a lot of detractors. The government's determined and firm handling of the forest eviction operations without bowing to any extraneous pressure has sent a clear-cut signal to the encroachers that such encroachment would not be tolerated...editorial