Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010203312025 2025:GAU-AS:12561 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/3015/2025 ANUWAR HUSSAIN S/O LT. HASIMUDDIN AHMED, R/O JAPARI GAON, P.O. AND P.S.- MORIGAON, ASSAM, PIN- 782121. VERSUS BHASKAR JYOTI SARMA CHIEF ENGINEER, WATER RESOURCES DEPTT., BASISTHA, GUWAHATI, ASSAM, ASSAM WATER CENTRE, GUWAHATI- 781029. 2:SIDDHANTA SARMA THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES DEPTT. NAGAON CIRCLE DIST.- NAGAON ASSAM PIN- 782001. 3:LOCHAN CHOUDHURY WATER RESOURCE DEPTT. MORIGAON WATER RESOURCE DIVISION MORIGAON P.O. AND DIST.- MORIGAON ASSAM PIN- 782105. 4:SRI V. L KANTHA RAO THE UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES Page No.# 2/3 RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUNEVATION SHRAM SHAKTI BHAWAN NEW DELHI 110001 5:DR. RANBIR SINGH IAS (R) THE BRAHMAPUTRA BOARD ASSAM REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN BASISTHA GUWAHATI 78102 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR R A AHMED, Advocate for the Respondent : , BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KARDAK ETE ORDER Date : 15.09.2025 Heard Mr. R. A. Ahmed, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. C. Sharma, learned counsel for the respondents. This is an application praying for impleadment of 4 (four) persons/officers as respondent Nos. 4, 5, 6 & 7 in the connected contempt petition, being Cont. Case(C) No. 656/2023. Having considered that the present alleged contemnor No. 1 is retired from service and alleged contemnor No. 2 having been transferred as well as the persons, proposed to be impleaded in the connected Cont. Case(C) No. 656/2023, are stated to be the present incumbents, I deem it appropriate to Page No.# 3/3 allow this application. Accordingly, Sri Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Guwahati; Sri Siddhanta Sarma, Superintending Engineer, Water Resources Department, Nagaon; Sri V. L. Kantha Rao, Commissioner & Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation; and Dr. Ranbir Singh, IAS (R), Chairman, Brahmaputra Board, Assam are allowed to be impleaded as respondent Nos. 4, 5, 6 & 7 in the connected Cont. Case(C) No. 656/2023. The interlocutory application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant