Application for impleadment allowed. Applicant, an advocate resident of the affected locality, is impleaded as Respondent No. 13 in the proceedings due to personal knowledge regarding illegal encroachment and coal mining in Tipam area.
Application for impleadment allowed; applicant impleaded as Respondent No. 13.
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GAHC010104862018
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : I.A.(Civil) 3530/2019 in PIL(Suo Moto) 3/2018
1:MAUSOM BARUAH S/O SHRI BINOD KUMAR BARUAH R/O GANDHI NAGAR MAKUM P.O. AND P.S. MAKUM DIST. TINSUKIA ASSAM PIN 786125
VERSUS
1:THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 11 ORS. REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECY. JANATA BHAWAN DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006
2:THE COMMISSINONER AND SECY. ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST DEPTT. GOVT. OF ASSAM H-BLOCK 2ND FLOOR JANATA BHAWAN DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006
3:THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST ARANYA BHAWAN PANJABARI GUWAHATI 781037
4:THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER
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DIGBOI DIVISION P.O. DIGBOI DIST. TINSUKIA PIN 78171 5:THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE ASSAM DR. B.K. KAKATI ROAD ULUBARI GUWAHATI 781007 6:THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE TINSUKIA OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE BORGURI TINSUKIA 786192 7:DEPUTY COMMISSIONER TINSUKIA OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER BORGURI TINSUKIA 786192 8:THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM MINES AND MINERALS DEPTT. GOVT. OF ASSAM JANATA BHAWAN BLOCK-A 4TH FLOOR DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006 9:THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE DIBRUGARH DIBRUGARH ASSAM PIN 786192 10:THE NORTH EAST COALFIELD COAL INDIA LTD. BLACK DIAMOND TOWER G.S. ROAD ABC POST OFFICE CHRISTIAN BASTI GUWAHATI ASSAM 781005 11:THE STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF SECY ITANAGAR
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ARUNACHAL PRADESH PIN 791111 12:DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIBRUGARH OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DIBRUGARH MANCOTTA ROAD RAILWAY COLONY DIBRUGARH ASSAM 786001 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR G UZIR Advocate for the Respondent :
BEFORE
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ACHINTYA MALLA BUJOR BARUA HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NELSON SAILO
ORDER
Date : 25-11-2019
Heard Mr. G. Uzir, learned counsel for the applicant.
Mr. Mausom Baruah, who is an advocate by profession, and resident of
Makum, who has personal knowledge about the locality of Tipam area, where the illegal encroachment and coal mining is taking place, has preferred this application for being allowed to be impleaded as a respondent.
Mr. M.P. Sharma, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Mr. U.K. Nair, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the Gauhati High Court as well as Mr. D. Mozumdar, learned Addl. Advocate General for the respondents No. 2, 3 & 4, R.K.D. Choudhury, learned Senior Government Advocate appearing for the respondents No. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 12, Ms. B. Dutta, learned senior counsel appearing for the respondent No. 10, North East Coalfield Coal India Ltd. and Mr. B.D. Goswami, learned Addl. Advocate General for the respondent No. 11,
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do not have objection to such prayer for impleadment of the applicant.
In view of the above, the applicant Mr. Mausom Baruah stands impleaded
as respondent No. 13 in the proceeding.
Registry to incorporate the necessary correction in the cause title.
I.A is accordingly allowed.
JUDGE
Comparing Assistant
Mausom Baruah
The State of Assam
Achintya Malla Bujor Baruah
Nelson Sailo
As recorded by the court registry
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