Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010276462025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/302/2026 SRI SATYA SONOWAL S/O- LATE PADMA SONOWALR/O- VILLAGE- KANCHAN NAGAR P.O.- HENGRABARI AND P.S.- DISPUR IN THE DISTRICT OF KAMRUPM ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM DISPUR GUWAHATI-06. 2:ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LTD (APDCL) REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR SIXMILE KAMRUPM ASSAM. 3:BASISTHA ELECTRICAL SUB DIVISION ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LTD.APDCL REPRESENTED BY ITS SUB-DIVISIONAL ENGINEER SIXMILE KAMRUPM ASSAM. 4:THE ADDITIONAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-06. Page No.# 2/4 5:THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF FOREST CONSERVATOR OF FOREST AND HEAD OF FOREST FORCE ASSAM PANJABARI GUWAHATI-07. 6:THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER KAMRUP EAT DIVISION BASISTHA GUWAHATI-29. 7:THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER KAMRUPM GUWAHATI HENGRABARI36 ASSAM ------------ Advocate for : MR DEBA SARMAH Advocate for : GA ASSAM appearing for THE STATE OF ASSAM BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : 06.03.2026 Heard Mr. D. Sharma, learned counsel for the applicant; Ms. U. Das, learned Additional Senior Government Advocate, Assam for the opposite party no. 1; and Mr. B. Das, learned Standing Counsel, APDCL for the opposite party nos. 2 & 3. 2. The instant interlocutory application is preferred seeking impleadment of the following parties :- ‘[i] The Additional Secretary to the Government of Assam, Page No.# 3/4 Environment & Forest Department, Dispur, Guwahati-06; [ii] The Principal Chief Forest Conservator Of Forest and Head of Forest Force, Assam, Panjabari, Guwahati-07; [iii] The Divisional Forest Officer, Kamrup East Division, Basistha, Guwahati-29; and [iv] The District Commissioner, Kamrup [M], Guwahati, Hengrabari-36, Assam.’ as party-respondent nos. 4 – 7 respectively. 3. The applicant-petitioner has preferred the accompanying writ petition seeking an electricity connection and in the course of the proceedings, it transpired that the presence of the proposed party-respondents would be necessary for adjudication of the issue raised in the writ petition. 4. The learned counsel appearing for the opposite parties have submitted in similar lines and have stated that they have no objection to the prayer for impleadment. 5. Accordingly, the instant interlocutory application stands allowed. 6. The learned counsel for the applicant-petitioner shall file an amended cause-title in terms of the Notification no. 79 dated 19.06.2023 before the Registry within 3 [three] working days from today and on submission of the amended Cause-Title, the Registry shall do the necessary corrections in the Page No.# 4/4 Cause-Title of the writ petition as well as in the CIS. JUDGE Comparing Assistant