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Ms Associated Industries Assam Spinning Unit v. Mr Sumit Sattawan IAS

Gauhati HC12 May 2026I.A.(Civil)/1466/2026

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What is this about?

Gauhati High Court; I.A.(Civil)/1466/2026; order dated 13.05.2026 by Justice Kaushik Goswami; contempt petition; impleadment/substitution of contemnor; Shri Swapneel Paul, IAS, District Commissioner, impleaded as contemnor/respondent No. 2 replacing predecessor Deputy Commissioner-cum-Collector, Kamrup (M) (respondent Mr Sumit Sattawan, IAS); applicant MS Associated Industries Assam Spinning Unit; interlocutory application allowed and disposed of; amended cause title within 3 working days.

What did the court decide?

Impleadment of Shri Swapneel Paul, IAS, as contemnor/respondent No. 2 in the contempt petition, with direction to file an amended cause title within 3 (three) working days. ¶24

Ms Associated Industries Assam Spinning Unit Vs Mr Sumit Sattawan IAS — Gauhati HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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GAHC010087182026

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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

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Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/1466/2026

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MS ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES ASSAM SPINNING UNIT

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SITUATED AT CHANDRAPUR IN THE DIST. OF KAMRUP M, ASSAM, A UNIT OF THE ERSTWHILE NATIONAL TEXTILE CORPORATION WBABO LTD., KOLKATA WHICH WAS A SUBSIDIARY OF THE NATIONAL TEXTILE CORPORATION LTD., NEW DELHI REPRESENTED BY SHRI KAMAL CH PANDIT, S/O DHIRENDRA CHANDRA PANDIT, WHO IS WORKING AS A ASSTT. MANAGER (HRLEGAL), NTCL, SUB OFFICE KOLKATA.

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VERSUS

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MR SUMIT SATTAWAN IAS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CUM COLLECTOR KAMRUP M, GUWAHATI 781006, ASSAM.

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Advocate for the Petitioner : MR A R BAROOAH, MR GAURAV R DUTTA

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Advocate for the Respondent : ,

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BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KAUSHIK GOSWAMI

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ORDER

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Date : 13.05.2026

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Heard Mr. A. R. Barooah, learned counsel appearing for the applicant.

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By way of this application, the applicant is seeking impleadment of the present incumbent to the post of Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup (M) on the ground that his predecessor, who has been arrayed as contemnor No. 1, has in the meantime already been replaced.

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It is pertinent that when the matter was last posted before this Court on 12.03.2026, upon being informed by the learned state counsel that there had been a change in the incumbent to the post of Deputy Commissioner-cum-Collector, Kamrup (M), Guwahati, the matter was adjourned to enable the learned counsel for the petitioner to take necessary steps for bringing on record the present incumbent to the said post as an arrayed respondent/contemnor in the contempt petition.

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It appears that the instant interlocutory application has accordingly been filed to bring on record the present incumbent to the said post, namely-

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Shri Swapneel Paul, IAS,

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District Commissioner, Office at: District Commissioner Office,

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Lichubagan, Hengrabari, Guwahati-781036.

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Accordingly, Mr. Swapneel Paul, IAS, is impleaded as contemnor/respondent No. 2 in the present contempt petition.