Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010152742026 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/2435/2026 RANGAGORAH FISHERMEN CO OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED, A REGISTERED FISHERY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT VILLAGE GUIJAN, POST OFFICE RANGAGORAH, DISTRICT TINSUKIA, ASSAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, SRI PRASSANNA DAS, AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS, SON OF LATE PARSURAM DAS, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE GUIJAN, PO RANGAGORAH, PS TINSUKIA, DIST TINSUKIA, ASSAM VERSUS BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY MEEN PALAN SAMABAI SAMITI LTD HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT VILLAGE BAMGAON, POST OFFICE AND POLICE STATION DHEMAJI, DISTRICT DHEMAJI, ASSAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, SHRI HALADHAR DAS, SON OF SHRI PADMA KANTA DAS, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE BAMGAON, POST OFFICE GOHAINBGAON, PS DHEMAJI, DIST DHEMAJI, ASSAM, 787057 2:THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006. 3:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006. 4:THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM FISHERY DEPARTMENT DISPUR Page No.# 2/3 GUWAHATI 781006. 5:THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER DIBRUGARH ASSAM PIN 786001 6:THE ADDITIONAL DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FISHERIES DIBRUGARH ASSAM PIN 786001. 7:THE DISTRICT FISHERY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER DIBRUGARH ASSAM PIN 786001 Advocate for the Petitioner : MS FIZA BEGUM, T SARKAR Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, MR. N K KALITA,SC, FISHERY BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KAUSHIK GOSWAMI ORDER Date : 12.08.2026 Heard Mr. S. Banik, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Ms. T. Sarkar, learned counsel appearing for the applicant. Also heard Mr. N. K. Kalita, learned counsel appearing for the opposite party/ petitioner. By way of this interlocutory application, the applicant seeks impleadment as respondent No. 7 in WP(C)/3214/2026. It is the specific case of the applicant that, pursuant to a complaint lodged by it in respect of the tender process initiated vide Tender Notice dated 22.08.2025, issued by the Additional District Commissioner (Fisheries), Dibrugarh, wherein the writ petitioner had emerged as the highest bidder, the said tender process was subsequently cancelled on the Page No.# 3/3 basis of the complaint lodged by the applicant. The aforesaid cancellation has been put to challenge in the connected writ petition. In view of the aforesaid facts, the applicant seeks its impleadment as a respondent No. 7 in the writ proceedings. Upon hearing the learned counsel appearing for the parties and upon perusal of the materials available on record, this Court is of the considered view that the presence of the applicant is necessary for the effective and complete adjudication of the issues involved in the writ proceeding. Accordingly, Rangagorah Fishermen Co-operative Society Limited is impleaded as respondent No. 7 in the connected writ petition. Resultantly, the interlocutory application stands allowed. The applicant shall file an amended cause title before the Registry for carrying out the necessary consequential corrections. JUDGE Comparing Assistant