Farid Ali and 6 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 70 Ors.
I.A.(Civil)/974/2025 (linked WP(C)/1128/2025), Gauhati High Court – Arun Dev Choudhury J
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court impleadment order (I.A.(Civil)/974/2025, decided 03.04.2025, Arun Dev Choudhury J) allowing Farid Ali & 6 ors — representatives of Guwahati masjid committees (Maligaon, Birubari, Kamarpatty, Lakhtokia No. 2, Machkhowa Bura) and mutawali of Hussaini Khan Wakf Estate — to be impleaded as respondents in connected WP(C)/1128/2025 (Noor Alam & 65 ors v State of Assam & 4 ors, incl. Guwahati Kabarsthan Committee described as registered under the Societies Registration Act 1960); background dispute over which body is the actual Kabarsthan Committee; writ petitioners (shop occupants) claim bona-fide tenancy rights and protection from eviction; direction to furnish amended cause title within 10 days per CIS norms; court perused WP(C) 3410/2024 Co-ordinate Bench order dated 06.08.2024.
What did the court decide?
Applicants (Farid Ali and 6 others) impleaded as respondents in the connected writ petition WP(C)/1128/2025; petitioners directed to furnish amended cause title to the Registry within 10 days incorporating the seriatim of respondents, with copy to learned counsel; IA stands disposed of.