Basic Summary This article discusses the background upon which the Inner Line Regulation was adopted in the North Eastern region of India in the tribal areas of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram and provided an insight in the state of Mizoram. As an effective legal instrument the Inner Line Regulation was an imaginary line drawn between the plain and hill areas of Assam which was used as a boundary line. The Inner Line was drawn for restricting the British subjects and the plainsmen from entering those line without a license and an instrument to provide a fence against the attack of the savage tribes against the tea garden workers. Lalrintluanga presents certain factors which could be the motive of the British which has not been highlighted by previous researchers and writer on the subject. Larintluanga elaborated on how the Inner Line Regulation has been enforced till date in the state of Mizoram and how the Central Government of India has shifted its outlook in the matter. He has stated that the Central Government of India has inclined towards the abolition of the ILR on the Pretexts that it hinders industrial development as well as social development in the region and has sowed a seed of secessionism. Lalrintluanga has attempted to show that that the ILR has proved to be blessing for the survival of the ethnic communities and other North Eastern states where the ILR is not enforced has also demand for its adoption to check the growth of foreigners as well as influx of workers from other areas. Hypotheses Lalrintluanga mentions several reasons for the opposition of the enforcement of the ILR in the North Eastern region of India but does not offer a hypotheses against the outcome of the abolition of the ILR. He has affirm that the ILR, which has been accused of being an obstacle to nation building and development has in fact, a blessing in disguise for the survival of the ethnic groups. Lalrintluanga perceived that the demand f