Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010007552023 2026:GAU- AS:15020-DB THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : PIL(Suo Moto)/1/2023 XXX GHC, GUWAHATI, ASSAM VERSUS IN RE - UNION OF INDIA AND 5 ORS REP. BY THE SECRETARY, MIN OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS, TRANSPORT BHAWAN, 1, PARLIAMENT STREET, NEW DELHI- 110001 2:THE CHAIRMAN NHAI G5 AND 6 SECTOR 10 DWARKA NEW DELHI- 110075 3:THE MANAGING DIRECTOR NATIONAL HIGHWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD 3RD FLOOR PTI BUILDING 4 PARLIAMENT STREET NEW DELHI- 110001 4:THE STATE OF ASSAM REP. BY CHIEF SECRETARY GROUND FLOOR BLOCK B JANATA BHAWAN DISPUR Page No.# 2/3 GUWAHATI- 781006 5:THE CHIEF ENGINEER (NATIONAL HIGHWAYS) O/O CHIEF ENGINEER PWD(NH WORKS) ASSAM CHANDMARI GUWAHATI- 781003 6:NORTH CACHAR HILLS AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL REP. BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HAFLON For the petitioners : Mr. H.K. Das, Sr. Advocate/ S.C., G.H.C. assisted by Mr. N.K. Sarma, Advocate For the respondents : Mr. C. Baruah, S.C., NHAI, Respondent No.2 Mr. R.K. Talukdar, S.C., NHIDCL, Respondent No.3 – B E F O R E – HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. ASHUTOSH KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KAUSHIK GOSWAMI fg 07.10.2026 (Ashutosh Kumar, C.J.) At the outset, Mr. C. Baruah, learned Standing Counsel, NHAI/respondent No.2 has made a statement at the Bar that the entire project has been completed. He has submitted that because the instructions were received by him only recently, the same could not be Page No.# 3/3 brought on record by way of an affidavit. We, thus, close this petition with the liberty to the petitioner to have the matter revived, in case the statement made on behalf of NHAI is not correct. This PIL (Suo Motu) stands closed. JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Comparing Assistant