IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR AT IMPHAL WP(C) No. 803 of 2024 Soibam Bimota Devi … Petitioner Vs. State of Manipur & ors. … Respondents With MC(WP(C)) No. 705 of 2024 B E F O R E HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHANTHEM BIMOL SINGH O R D E R 28-03-2025 Mr. Th. Vashum, learned GA appearing for the respondents No. 1, 2 and 3 and Mr. Romendro Sharma, learned counsel appearing for the newly impleaded respondents No. 4 to 19 seek three weeks’ time for filing counter affidavit. Mr. S. Premchand, learned counsel appearing for the respondents has no objection. As prayed for, list these cases again on 16-05-2025. JUDGE Devananda IN. 49 & 50 SHOUGRAKPAM DEVANANDA SINGH Digitally signed by SHOUGRAKPAM DEVANANDA SINGH Date: 2025.03.28 14:08:36 +05'30' IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR AT IMPHAL MC(WP(C)) No. 788 of 2024 (Ref:- WP(C) No. 803 of 2024) Huidrom Arunjit Singh & ors. … Applicants Vs. Soibam Bimota Devi & ors. … Respondents B E F O R E HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHANTHEM BIMOL SINGH O R D E R 28-03-2025 Heard Mr. Romendro Sharma, learned counsel appearing for the applicants; Mr. S. Premchand, learned counsel appearing for the respondent No. 1 and Mr. Th. Vashum, learned GA appearing for the respondents No. 2 to 4. The present application has been filed with a prayer for allowing the present applicants to be impleaded as respondents in the connected WP(C) No. 803 of 2024 on the ground that they are likely to be affected by any order passed by this court in the said writ petition. Mr. Romendro Sharma, learned counsel submitted that unless the present applicants are impleaded as respondents in the said writ petition, the applicants right will be affected adversely and they will be condemned unheard. The learned counsel, accordingly, prays for allowing impleadment of the present applicants as respondents No. 4 to 19 in the connected WP(C) No. 803 of 2024. Mr. S. Premchand, learned counsel appearing for the writ petitioner/ respondent No. 1 fairly submitted that he has no objection in allowing the present impleadment application. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the present application is hereby allowed. Registry is directed to implead the names of the applicants as respondents No. 4 to 19 in the connected WP(C) No. 803 of 2024. With the aforesaid direction, the present application is disposed of. JUDGE Devananda IN. 51 SHOUGRAKPAM DEVANANDA SINGH Digitally signed by SHOUGRAKPAM DEVANANDA SINGH Date: 2025.03.28 14:10:33 +05'30'