Tarun Deka v. the State of Assam and 7 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court impleadment order, I.A.(Civil)/83/2026, dated 02.02.2026, Justice Manish Choudhury. Applicant Tarun Deka, writ petitioner in connected WP(C) 1040/2024 seeking direction to pay outstanding amount (respondents include Chairman, MD, Chief Engineer and Executive Engineer, Assam Police Housing Corporation Limited, and Inspector General of Prisons, Assam). Application allowed: Commissioner and Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Assam and Chief Engineer, PWD, Government of Assam impleaded as respondents Nos. 7 and 8 as relevant for effective adjudication; unopposed by respondents' counsel. Amended cause-title per Notification no. 79 dated 19.06.2023 within 3 days; writ petition listed for admission on 09.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
Impleadment of the Commissioner and Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Assam and the Chief Engineer, PWD, Government of Assam as respondents Nos. 7 and 8 respectively in the connected WP(C) 1040/2024; the I.A. stands allowed and disposed of; learned counsel for the applicant-petitioners directed to file an amended cause-title in terms of Notification no. 79 dated 19.06.2023 within 3 (three) days before the Registry, upon which the Registry to effect necessary correction and list the writ petition for admission on 09.02.2026.