MD Altaf Khan and 4 Ors. v. the Union of India and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Review.Pet./79/2025, Gauhati High Court, order dated 12.05.2026 by Justice Devashis Baruah. Applicants: MD Altaf Khan and 4 Ors (represented by Mr. D. Gogoi, Advocate). Respondents: Union of India and 4 Ors, incl. NEEPCO (Resp. Nos. 2-4, Mr. D. Senapati, Standing Counsel) and NHPC (Resp. No. 5, Mr. A.R. Gogoi, Advocate); Ms. S. Todi, Advocate also for respondents. Application sought modification of liberty granted in WP(C) No. 934/2011 (judgment and order dated 08.08.2023) to file representation before CMD NHPC; liberty modified to permit representation before Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NEEPCO, as Applicants work in the Tuirial Hydro Electric Project, Mizoram (ascertained per order dated 05.03.2026); instant order forms part of the 08.08.2023 judgment and order; application disposed of. No statutory provisions or external precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to submit a representation before the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NHPC stands modified; liberty granted to file the representation before the Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NEEPCO. The instant order shall form a part of the Judgment and Order dated 08.08.2023 passed in WP(C) No. 934/2011. The instant application stands disposed of.