Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010170442026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/2790/2026 THE UNION OF INDIA AND 3 ORS THROUGH THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, R NO. 101-A, SOUTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI-110011. 2: THE JOINT SECRETARY BORDER ROADS MINISTRY OF DEFENCE WING 4TH FLOOR SENA BHAWAN DELHI CANTT. NEW DELHI-110011. 3: THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF BORDER ROADS HEADQUARTER DGBR SEEMA SADAK BHAWAN RING ROAD NEW DELHI 110011. 4: THE CHIEF ENGINEER PROJECT VARTAK C/O.99 APO TEZPUR ASSAM PIN-931716 VERSUS GS NO 180368HNTD MAHENDER SINGH S/O. LATE SAWAL DAS, R/O.- ROWSHAN BIHAR, LAKSHMI NAGAR, DIST.- MATHURA, UTTAR PRADESH, PIN- 281001. PRESENTLY POSTED AT 91 RCC,GREF C/O-99 APO, CHIEF ENGINEER H.Q., PROJECT VARTAK, TEZPUR, PIN-784001. Page No.# 2/3 For the applicants : Mr. M.R. Adhikari, C.G.C. For the respondent : Mr. K. Kalita, Advocate – B E F O R E – HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. ASHUTOSH KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY 26-08-2026 (Ashutosh Kumar, C.J.) By order dated 08.06.2026 passed in WA 394/2025, this Court had directed the appellant (respondent herein) to make representation to the respondents (applicants herein) regarding his claim for TA/DA allowance for the period when he had driven the carrier vehicle to Bhutan, on and off, which claim was asked to be verified by the respondents and if, at all, any entitlement was due to the appellant, it was directed that the same be paid to him within a period of eight weeks, to be counted from the date of submission of the representation by the appellant. Today, this application has been filed by the applicants/the Union of India & three others seeking extension of time for three months for verifying the records and making payment to the appellant, as directed by this Court in the afore-noted order. For the reasons stated in the application, we allow this interlocutory application and modify the order dated 08.06.2026 by extending the Page No.# 3/3 time for further period of 3 (three) months, to be counted from today, for compliance of the afore-noted order. Accordingly, this interlocutory application stands disposed off. JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Comparing Assistant