Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010271452025 2025:GAU-AS:17318 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/3999/2025 SRI PUNYA RAM BAISHYA , S/O - SRI LALIT BAISHYA, C/O - SRI DIPUL BAISHYA R/O- VILLAGE- MILAN NAGAR, P.O.- MADHYA KHANDA, DISTRICT - KAMRUP, ASSAM, PIN-781030, PH. NO. - 6000796057. VERSUS SRI PREETOM SAIKIA, IAS, COMMISSIONER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, SECONDARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6. 2:SRI BHARAT BHUSAN DEV CHOUDHURY SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM SECONDARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6 3:SHRI NARAYAN KONWAR SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION DISPUR GUWAHATI-6. 4:MS MAMATA HOJAI AES DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-19. SERIAL NO. 4 TO BE NEWLY IMPLEADED AS CONTEMNORS/ RESPONDENT Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. M BHAGABATI, Page No.# 2/4 Advocate for the Respondent : SC, ELEM. EDU, Linked Case : Cont.Cas(C)/556/2020 PUNYA RAM BAISHYA S/O- LT. LALIT BAISHYA C/O- SRI DIPUL BAISHYA R/O- VILL- MILAN NAGAR P.O. MADHYA KHANDA DIST.- KAMRUP ASSAM PIN- 781030 PH. NO.- 6000796057 VERSUS PREETOM SAIKIA AND ORS. IAS COMM. AND SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM SECONDARY EDUCATION DEPTT. DISPUR GHY-6 2:SRI BHARAT BHUSAN DEV CHOUDHURY SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM SECONDARY EDUCATION DEPTT. DISPUR GUWAHATI-6 3:SHRI NARAYAN KONWAR SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION DISPUR GUWAHATI-6. ------------ Advocate for : MR. M BHAGABATI Advocate for : MS. N PHUKAN appearing for PREETOM SAIKIA AND ORS. Page No.# 3/4 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ROBIN PHUKAN ORDER 15.12.2025 Heard Mr. M. Bhagabati, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. This interlocutory application has been preferred by the applicant in Contempt Case (C) No. 556/2020 (Sri Punya Ram Baishya Vs. Sri Preetom Saikia, IAS & Another), under Rule 26 MC(CR), Misc. Case of Civil Rule of Appendix 33 of Gauhati High Court Rules, 2015, for impleadment of the incumbent contemnor, namely, Ms. Mamata Hojai. 3. Mr. Bhagabati, learned counsel for the applicant, submits that in Contempt Case (C) No. 556/2020, vide order dated 10.11.2025, this Court was pleased to direct the petitioner to implead the Director, Secondary Education, Assam, as a party respondent and accordingly, this present application is preferred by the petitioner for impleadment of Ms. Mamata Hojai, Director of Secondary Education, Assam, Kahilipara, as the respondent No. 4. 4. Taking note of the submission of Mr. Bhagabati, learned counsel for the petitioner and also considering the facts and circumstances on the record, and the order, dated 10.11.2025, passed in Cont. Cas.(C) No. 556/2020, this interlocutory application stands allowed. 5. Ms. Mamata Hojai, Director of Secondary Education, Assam, Kahilipara, be impleaded as respondent No. 4, in the Cont. Cas.(C) No. 556/2020. 6. In view of the order passed in this interlocutory application, the petitioner shall file an amended cause title in Cont. Cas.(C) No. 556/2020, within a period of 1 (one) week from today. Page No.# 4/4 7. In terms of the above, this interlocutory application stands disposed of. 8. Registry shall list the connected Cont. Cas.(C) No. 556/2020, after the ensuing Winter Vacation. JUDGE Comparing Assistant