Page No.# 1/8 GAHC010066372019 2025:GAU-AS:11770 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) I.A.(Civil)/1527/2019 KARUNA SARMA and 10 ORS S/O LATE LANKESWAR SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 (MILANPUR) 2: ON THE DEATH OF UDAY SARMA HIS LEGAL HEIRS 2.1: SMTI KALPANA DEVI W/O LATE UDAY SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337(MILANPUR) 2.2: SMTI LEELABATI DEVI D/O LATE UDAY SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337(MILANPUR) 2.3: SMTI GITANJALI DEVI D/O LATE UDAY SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA Page No.# 2/8 P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337(MILANPUR) 2.4: SMTI MANJU DEVI W/O LATE UDAY SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337(MILANPUR) 2.5: PINKU SARMA S/O LATE UDAY SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337(MILANPUR) 2.6: NAYAN SARMA S/O LATE UDAY SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337(MILANPUR) 3: ON THE DEATH OF GHANASHYAM SARMA HIS LEGAL HEIRS 3.1: SMTI PHULESWARI DEVI W/O LATE GHANASHYAM SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337(MILANPUR) 3.2: PRANJAL SARMA S/O LATE GHANASHYAM SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA Page No.# 3/8 P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337(MILANPUR) 3.3: UMESH SARMA S/O LATE GHANASHYAM SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337(MILANPUR) 4: SATISH SARMA S/O LATE LANKESWAR SARMA R/O ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S.-NALBARI DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337(MILANPUR) VERSUS SON MALAKAR and 13 ORS S/O SRI KANDURA MALAKAR VILL-BHUNYAR KUCHI MOUZA-BATAHGILA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 2:SMTI DIPALI BHARALI W/O SRI KANAK BHARALI R/O BARAMA PUB-CHOWK COLLEGE ROAD MOUZA-NAMATI P.S.-BARAMA DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-782346 3:MADHAB SARMA S/O LATE MANIK SARAMA VILL-MALIKUCHI MOUZA-KHATA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI Page No.# 4/8 ASSAM PIN-781335 4:HAREKRISHNA SARMA S/O SARAT SARMA R/O VILL-ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 5:JON SARMA S/O SARAT SARMA R/O VILL-ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 6:MUN SARMA S/O SARAT SARMA R/O VILL-ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 7:KALPANA TALUKDAR W/O SRI HEMEN BARMAN R/O VILL-ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 8:GAJENDRA TALUKDAR S/O SRI SHUKHANA TALUKDAR R/O VILL-ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 9:BIPIN MALAKAR S/O KHAGEN MALAKAR R/O VILL-ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI Page No.# 5/8 ASSAM PIN-781337 10:BABUL MALAKAR S/O KHAGEN MALAKAR R/O VILL-ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 11:HEMEN BARMAN S/O SRI NARAYAN BARMAN R/O VILL-ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 12:BALDEV DAS S/O SRI NAMAL DAS R/O VILL-ALOKPUR MOUZA-KHATA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 13:RAJEN KUMAR RAI S/O SRI BIRENDRA RAI VILL-BHUNYAR KUCHI MOUZA-BATAHGILA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 14:SUNIL KUMAR RAI S/O SRI BIRENDRA RAI VILL-BHUNYAR KUCHI MOUZA-BATAHGILA P.S. AND DIST-NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781337 ------------ Advocate for : MR. R SARMA Advocate for : MR. M CHOUDHURY appearing for SON MALAKAR and 13 ORS Page No.# 6/8 BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND ORDER Date : 01.09.2025 1. Heard learned Counsel Mr. S.K.Goswami and Mr. R.Sarma, learned counsel for the applicants/appellants and Ms. S.Sarma, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Mr. D. Choudhury, learned counsel for respondents. 2. By filing this interlocutory application under Order 22 Rule 3 (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the applicants have prayed for setting aside the abatement and for condoning delay of 716 days in filing the application for setting aside abatement of R.S.A. No.100/2014 so far as deceased appellant No.2, Uday Sarma, is concerned. 3. I have considered the submissions at the Bar with circumspection. 4. I have also gone through the averments made in paragraph nos. 3 and 4 of the application which is quoted herein below: “3. That the applicants beg to state that the applicant/appellant No. 1 has taken all the steps in connection with the aforesaid case. The applicant/appellant No. 1 has engaged the present new set of advocates to conduct the aforesaid case in the month of September, 2018. Thereafter, the applicant/appellant No. 1 came to Guwahati on 17.03.2019 to discuss about the case with his new set of advocates and during the discussion, it has cane to the knowledge of the learned counsel that the appellant No. 2, Uday Sarma died on 02.11.2016. But the applicant No.1 could not inform the earlier sets of advocate about the death of appellant No.2, Uday Sarma and the earlier set of advocate of the applicants/appellants also not asked the applicant No.1 about the status of the parties. The applicant No. 1 is not aware about the necessity/procedure to file application for substitution of name of legal heirs in case of death of any of the parties in a civil case. Immediately, on 18.03.2019, the applicant No.1 handed Page No.# 7/8 over the particulars of the legal heirs and representatives of deceased appellant No.2 to his learned advocate. Accordingly, application for substitution along with the application for setting aside abatement and condonation of delay has filed on 19.03.2019. Therefore, there is delay of 716 days in filing the application for setting aside abetment of deceased appellant No. 2, Uday Sarma. 4. That the applicants beg to state that the applicants have no knowledge about the requirement of law to file substitution application on the death of any of the appellant when the right to sue survives on the legal heirs. Only, on 17.03.2019 during the discussion with the new set of advocate for the applicants about the present case, it has came to the knowledge of the applicants about the requirement of filing application for substitution of legal heirs and representatives on the death of appellant No.2, Uday Sarma. Immediately, the applicants has taken steps for filing the application for substitution of legal heirs and representative of deceased appellant No.2, Uday Sarma and accordingly, the application for substitution of legal heirs and representatives of deceased appellant No.2 has filed on 19.03.2019. The present appeal has abated so far deceased appellant No. 2 is concerned and there is a delay of 716 days in filing the application for setting aside abetment so far deceased appellant No.2 is concerned.” 5. Considering all the aspects, the prayer for setting aside the abatement and for condoning delay of 716 days in filing the application for setting aside abatement of R.S.A. No.100/2014 so far as deceased appellant No.2, Uday Sarma is concerned is hereby allowed. 6. In terms of the above observation, the interlocutory application stands disposed of. JUDGE Page No.# 8/8 Comparing Assistant