Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010173272026 2026:GAU-AS:14575 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/2826/2026 ASHIM AGARWALLA SON OF RAM CHANDRA AGARWALLA, RESIDENT OF LILA BARUAH LANE, GNB ROAD, AMBARI, GUWAHATI-1, DISTRICT KAMRUP M, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6. 2:THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT CHANDMARI GUWAHATI-3. 2:UNION OF INDIA REP BY THE COMMISSIONER MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPTT OF WATER RESOURCES RIVER REJUVENENATION NEW DELHI 10001 3:THE BRAHMAPUTRA BOARD ASSAM REP BY ITS CHAIRMAN BASISTHA GUWAHATI 781029 3:THE CHIEF ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM CHANDMARI GUWAHATI-3 NOW BASISHTHA GUWAHATI-28 4:THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT Page No.# 2/3 GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM GUWAHATI. 5:THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT GUWAHATI EAST W.R. DIVISION GUWAHATI-8 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR D K JAIN, Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, DY.S.G.I.,SC. WATER RESOURCE DEPTT. BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : 30.09.2026 1. Heard Mr. DK Jain, learned counsel for the applicants. 2. The present application is filed for impleadment of Union of India, represented by the Commissioner Ministry of Jal Shakti Department of Water Resources River Rejuvenenation New Delhi 10001, and the Brahmaputra Board Assam represented by its Chairman, Basistha, Guwahati-781029 as party respondents in the connected writ petition, in the background facts that the petitioner is claiming contractual dues for execution of work under Flood Management Program (FMP) Scheme, which is sponsored by the Ministry of the Jal Shakti. Page No.# 3/3 3. Taking note of the aforesaid facts, the present application stands allowed. 4. The applicants, namely, Union of India, represented by the Commissioner Ministry of Jal Shakti Department of Water Resources River Rejuvenenation New Delhi 10001, and The Brahmaputra Board Assam represented by its Chairman, Basistha, Guwahati-781029, be impleaded as party respondents in terms of the required norms of the CIS. 5. The applicants shall provide a fresh memo of parties to the registry within one week, with an advance copy to be furnished to all the learned counsel for the parties. 6. Accordingly, the I.A stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant