Sri Dinesh Kumar Singh Vs M S Manivannam IAS — Gauhati HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Sri Dinesh Kumar Singh Vs M S Manivannam IAS — Gauhati HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Prayer allowed: Sri Oinam Sarankumar Singh, IAS, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Water Resources Department, impleaded as respondent No. 5 in the connected contempt petition; counsel for the applicant to furnish a fresh amended cause title within 10 days with a copy to counsel for respondent No. 1; the Interlocutory Application stands disposed of by allowing the prayer as made.

Issue for consideration

Whether Sri Oinam Sarankumar Singh, IAS, presently holding the post of Secretary to the Government of Assam, Water Resources Department, is required to be impleaded as respondent No. 5 in the connected contempt petition.

Court's answer

Sri Oinam Sarankumar Singh, IAS, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Water Resources Department, is required to be impleaded in the connected contempt petition as respondent No. 5, and it is ordered accordingly.

Ratio / Principle

The learned counsel for the applicant shall furnish a fresh amended cause title incorporating the name of the newly impleaded respondent in the connected contempt petition within a period of 10 days, with a copy to be furnished to the learned counsel for respondent No. 1.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Interlocutory Application I.A.(Civil)/617/2026 (Gauhati High Court, Honourable Mr. Justice Arun Dev Choudhury, order dated 12.03.2026): The applicant, Sri Dinesh Kumar Singh, sought impleadment of Sri Oinam Sarankumar Singh, IAS — presently Secretary to the Government of Assam, Water Resources Department, the post of respondent No. 4 in WP(C) No. 3797/2020 to whom a direction was issued by order dated 15.06.2023, a copy whereof was furnished to the incumbent on 22.08.2025 — as respondent No. 5 in the connected contempt petition. The Court held that the said respondent was required to be impleaded as respondent No. 5 and ordered accordingly; counsel for the applicant was directed to furnish a fresh amended cause title incorporating the newly impleaded respondent within 10 days, with a copy to counsel for respondent No. 1; and the Interlocutory Application stood disposed of by allowing the prayer as made.

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GAHC010022562026

2026:GAU-AS:3646

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

Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/617/2026

SRI DINESH KUMAR SINGH

C/O- LATE SUKHNANDAN SINGH, R/O- E AND D COLONY, QUARTER NOUNIT-IX, CHANDMARI, P.S- CHANDMARI, GUWAHATI-03, ASSAM

VERSUS

M S MANIVANNAM IAS

THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT OF ASSAM GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (SECTT ESTT) DEPTT DISPUR GUWAHATI-06

2:BORSING RONGPI

THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT OF ASSAM WATER RESOURCES DEPTT DISPUR GUWAHATI-06

3:SHRI VIRENDRA MITTAL IAS THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-781006.

4:SHRI PABITRA RAM KHOUND IAS SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT ASSAM SECRETARIAT DISPUR GUWAHATI-781006

Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. R K TALUKDAR,

Advocate for the Respondent : ,

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BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY

ORDER

12.03.2026

Heard Mr. R. K. Talukdar, learned counsel for the applicant.

The present application is filed for impleadment of one Sri Oinam Sarankumar Singh, IAS, Secretary to the Government of Assam, Water Resources Department, as the respondent No. 5 in the connected contempt petition.

The aforesaid person is presently holding the post of Secretary to the Government of Assam, Water Resources Department, the respondent No. 4 in the writ petition to whom, the direction was issued.

A copy of the order dated 15.06.2023 passed in WP(C) No. 3797/2020, has already been furnished to the said incumbent on 22.08.2025.

As nothing has been done, the present application is filed.

Perused the statement made in the application.

Considering the averments as well as the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the opinion that the aforesaid respondent is required to be impleaded in the connected contempt petition as respondent No. 5.

Ordered accordingly.

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The learned counsel for the applicant shall furnish a fresh amended cause title incorporating the name of the newly impleaded respondent in the connected contempt petition within a period of 10 days from today with a copy to be furnished to the learned counsel for the respondent No. 1.

Accordingly, this Interlocutory Application stands disposed of by allowing the prayer as made.

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