Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010215162026 2026:GAU-AS:15236 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/3498/2026 ALL ASSAM GAON PANCHYAT SECRETARY ASSOCIATION AND ANR. HAVING REGISTERED OFFICE AT HOUSE NO. 3, LANKESWAR CHECK GATE, PO GAUHATI UNIVERSITY, PIN- 781014, DISTRICT KAMRUP M, ASSAM AND REPRESENTED BY ITSWORKING PRESIDENT SRI DIPAK KUMAR HAZARIKA. 2: SRI DIPAK KUMAR HAZARIKA RESIDENT OF RAJAGAON WARD NO. 1 POST OFFICE AND POLICE STATION - MORIGAON DISTRICT - MORIGAON ASSAM PIN -782105 VERSUS DR B KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY AND ANR. ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI, PIN781006. 2:SRI OINAM SARANKUMAR SINGH COMMISSIONER PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT JURIPAR GUWAHATI PIN-781037. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR D CHOUDHURY, MS. A KHARBANI,MR T CHAKRABORTY Advocate for the Respondent : SC, FINANCE, SC, P AND R.D. Page No.# 2/4 Linked Case : Cont.Cas(C)/279/2024 ALL ASSAM GAON PANCHAYAT SECRETARY ASSOCIATION AND ANR. HAVING REGISTERED OFFICE AT HOUSE NO. 3 LANKESWAR CHECK GATE P.O. GAUHATI UNIVERSITY PIN-781014 DIST.- KAMRUP(M) ASSAM AND REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY SRI DIPAK KUMAR HAZARIKA. 2: DIPAK KUMAR HAZARIKA R/O- RAJAGAON WARD NO. 1 P.O. AND P.S. MORIGAON DIST. MORIGAON ASSAM PIN- 782105. VERSUS RAVI KOTA AND 6 ORS. CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM DISPUR GHY-781006. 2:J. B. EKKA PRINCIPAL SECRETARY GOVT. OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI PIN- 781006. 3:SMTI. PUSHPANJALI DAS SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI PIN- 781006. 4:SMTI. DEBAJANI CHOUDHURY JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DISPUR GHY, PIN- 781006. 5:JAY SHIVANI Page No.# 3/4 COMMISSIONER PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DISPUR GHY-781037. 6:JAYANT NARLIKAR COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GHY-781006. 7:SMTI. J. KEERTHI COMMISSIONER PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT JURIPAR GUWAHTI PIN 781037. ------------ Advocate for : MR DIBAKAR CHOUDHURY Advocate for : MR A CHALIHA(R-6) appearing for RAVI KOTA AND 6 ORS. BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KARDAK ETE ORDER Date : 09-10-2026 Heard Mr. T. Chakraborty, learned counsel for the applicants. By filing this application, the applicants have prayed for impleadment of (i) Dr. B. Kalyan Chakravarthy, Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, & (ii) Shri Oinam Sarankumar Singh, Commissioner, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, as respondent Nos. 8 & 9 in the connected contempt petition, being Cont. Cas(C) No. 279/2024. The applicants have filed the aforesaid contempt petition alleging violation Page No.# 4/4 of the judgment and order dated 11.08.2023, passed by this Court in WP(C) No. 4506/2023. It is submitted that during the pendency of the contempt petition, the earlier incumbents, namely, Dr. J. B. Ekka and Smti Pushpanjali Das, who were arrayed as respondent Nos. 2 & 3, respectively, have been transferred and in their places, the opposite parties sought to be impleaded have been posted as Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner to the Government of Assam, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, respectively. Having considered that the opposite parties sought to be impleaded are presently holding the posts of Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner to the Government of Assam, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, I deem it appropriate to allow the present interlocutory application as the parties sought to be impleaded appears to be the necessary parties in the connected contempt petition. Accordingly, (i) Dr. B. Kalyan Chakravarthy, Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, & (ii) Shri Oinam Sarankumar Singh, Commissioner, Panchayat & Rural Development Department, are allowed to be impleaded as respondent Nos. 8 & 9, respectively, in the connected contempt petition, being Cont. Cas(C) No. 279/2024. The interlocutory application stands allowed and disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant