Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010034762026 2026:GAU-AS:2687-DB THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/520/2026 FAZRUL HAQUE SON OF DEWAN SHEIKH R/O BELGURI PART II PO BELGURI PS AGOMONI DISTRICT DHRUBRI ASSAM 783334 VERSUS THE UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NEW DELHI 2:STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM DISPUR GUWAHATI. 3:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM HOME DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI. 4:DISTRICT COMMISSIONER CHARAIDEU 5:SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE (BORDER) CHARAIDEU 6:THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NEW DELHI- 110001. Page No.# 2/4 7:THE STATE COORDINATOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF CITIZEN(NRC) BANGAGARH GUWAHATI- 78100 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. D P CHALIHA, MS M ROY Advocate for the Respondent : DY.S.G.I., GA, ASSAM,SC, ECI,SC, F.T,SC, NRC Linked Case : WP(C)/7279/2025 FAZRUL HOQUE S/O LT. DEWAN SHEIKH R/O BELGURI PART II P.O BELGURI P.S AGOMONI DISTRICT DHUBRI ASSAM. VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND 6 ORS. REPRESENTED BY MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NEW DELHI 01. 2:STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM DISPUR GUWAHATI. 3:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM HOME DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI. 4:DISTRICT COMMISSIONER DHUBRI. Page No.# 3/4 5:SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE (BORDER) DHUBRI. 6:THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NEW DELHI- 110001. 7:THE STATE COORDINATOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF CITIZEN(NRC) BANGAGARH GUWAHATI- 781005 ------------ Advocate for : MR. D P CHALIHA Advocate for : DY.S.G.I. appearing for UNION OF INDIA AND 6 ORS. BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KALYAN RAI SURANA HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND ORDER Date : 23.02.2026 (K.R. Surana, J) Heard Mr. D.P. Chaliha, learned senior counsel, assisted by Ms. M. Roy, learned counsel for the applicant. Also heard Ms. B. Sarma, learned CGC; Mr. G. Sarma, learned standing counsel for the FT and Border matters; Ms. S. Katakey, learned standing counsel for the ECI; and Mr. H.K. Hazarika, learned Govt. Advocate for the State respondent. 2. By filing this interlocutory application, the applicant, who is the petitioner in the connected WP(C) No. 7279/2025, has prayed for amendment of the cause title in respect of respondent nos.4 and 5. 3. The learned senior counsel for the applicant has submitted that due to inadvertence, the respondent no.4, i.e. District Commissioner, Dhubri was made a party, which ought to have been District Commissioner, Charaideo, and Page No.# 4/4 similarly, the respondent no.5, i.e. Superintendent of Police (Border), Dhubri ought to have been Superintendent of Police (Border), Charaideo. 4. Having heard the learned CGC, State and Departmental counsel, the prayer made in this interlocutory application stand allowed. 5. Accordingly, this interlocutory application stands disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE Comparing Assistant