Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010218792026 2026:GAU-AS:15479 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/3598/2026 DOLPHIN SECURITY AND ADVERTISING AND ANR AND ANR. REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETOR SRI HEMENDRA NATH DEKA HAVING ITS PLACE OF BUSINESS AT KAMAKHYA TEMPLE ROAD GUWAHATI 781009 2: SRI HEMENDRA NATH DEKA PROPRIETOR OF DOLPHIN SECURITY AND ADVERTISING SON OF LATE U C DEKA RESIDENT OF DWARKA ENCLAVE MALIGAON GUWAHATI 781011 KAMRUP METRO ASSA VERSUS THE UNION OF INDIA AND ORS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE MINISTRY OF PORTS SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS GOVT OF INDIA PARIVAHAN BHAVAN 1 PARLIAMENT STREET NEW DELHI 110001 INDIA 2:THE CHAIRMAN INLAND WATERWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA IWAI A 13 SECTOR 1 NOIDA U P 201301 3:THE DIRECTGOR GUWAHATI REGIONAL OFFICE INLAND WATERWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA IWAI PANDU PORT COMPLEX PANDU GUWAHATI 781012 4:THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER INLAND WATER TRANSPORT DIVISION ULUBARI GUWAHATI 7 5:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY FINANCE DEPARTMENT GOVT OF ASSAM ASSAM SECRETARIAT DISPUR GUWAHATI 06 6:THE TREASURY OFFICER DISPUR TREASURY KAMRUP METRO ASSAM SECRETARIAT DISPUR GUWAHATI 06 Page No.# 2/4 7:THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT GOVT OF ASSAM JANATA BHAWAN ASSAM SECRETARIAT DISPUR GUWAHATI 06 8:THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORT ASSAM PARIBAHAN BHAWAN JAWAHAR NAGAR KHANAPARA GUWAHATI 22 9:THE DIRECTOR INLAND WATER TRANSPORT IWT ASSAM ULUBARI GUWAHATI 0 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A CHOUDHURY, Advocate for the Respondent : SC, FINANCE, SC, TREASURY BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER 13.10.2026 1. Heard Mr. A. Goyal, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. The present application has been filed by the applicant/petitioners, seeking striking out the names of the present respondent Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in the connected writ petition being WP(C) No. 5082/2026 and seeking impleadment of (1) The State of Assam, represented by the Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Government of Assam, Janata Bhawan, Assam Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati-06 (2) The Commissioner of Transport, Assam, Paribahan Bhawan, Jawahar Nagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 and (3) The Director, Inland Water Transport (IWT), Assam, Ulubari, Guwahati as the respondents in the connected WP(C) No. 5082/2026. Page No.# 3/4 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 names of the respondent Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are deleted from the array of parties at the risk of the petitioner. 5. Registry to do the needful accordingly. 6. On the other hand, as regards the impleadment, this Court is of the opinion that the aforenoted entities, i.e. (1) The State of Assam, represented by the Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Government of Assam, Janata Bhawan, Assam Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati-06 (2) The Commissioner of Transport, Assam, Paribahan Bhawan, Jawahar Nagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 and (3) The Director, Inland Water Transport (IWT), Assam, Ulubari, Guwahati, are required to be impleaded as respondents in the connected writ petition for its proper adjudication. 7. 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. 8. Registry to correct the cause title of the connected writ petition by incorporating the names of the impleaded respondents as per the requirement of CIS. 9. Accordingly, this interlocutory application stands disposed of by allowing the prayer. Page No.# 4/4 JUDGE Comparing Assistant