Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010173282026 2026:GAU-AS:15474 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/2832/2026 RAM CHANDRA AGARWALLA SON OF RAMJI LAL AGARWALLARESIDENT OF LILA BARUAH LANE GNB ROAD AMBARI GUWAHATI 1 DISTRICT KAMRUP METRO ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM DISPUR GUWAHATI 6. 2:SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT CHANDMARI GUWAHATI 3. 3:THE CHIEF ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM CHANDMARI GUWAHATI 3 NOW BASISHTHA GUWAHATI 28. 4:THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM GUWAHATI. 5:THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT GUWAHATI EAST W R DIVISION GUWAHATI 8 6:UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES NEW DELHI 10001. 7:THE BRAHMAPUTRA BOARD ASSAM REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN BASISHTHA GUWAHATI 781029 Page No.# 2/3 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. D K JAIN, Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, DY.S.G.I.,SC, WATER RESOURCE BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER 13.10.2026 1. Heard Mr. D. K. Jain, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. The present application has been filed by the applicant/petitioner, seeking impleadment of the Union of India represented by the Commissioner, Ministry of Jal Shakti Department of Water Resources River Rejuvenation, New Delhi, 100001, and the Brahmaputra Board, Assam, represented by its Chairman, Basistha Guwahati 781029 as the respondents in the connected WP(C) No. 984/2023. 3. Perused the materials available on record. 4. Having gone through the pleadings as well as the materials available on record and taking note of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the opinion that the aforenoted entities are required to be impleaded as respondents in the connected writ petition for its proper adjudication. 5. The petitioner shall furnish an amended cause title in terms of Notification No. 19, dated 19th June, 2023, before the Registry within a period of three weeks from today and after acceptance of the same, the petitioner shall furnish the amended cause title to the learned counsel for the respondents. Page No.# 3/3 6. Registry to correct the cause title of the connected writ petition by incorporating the names of the impleaded respondents as per requirement of CIS. 7. Accordingly, this interlocutory application stands disposed of by allowing the prayer. JUDGE Comparing Assistant