Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010040032026 2026:GAU-AS:3631 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/659/2026 JAYANTA KUMAR NATH SON OF SRI NAGEN CHANDRA NATH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE KABAICHUBA, BORDOLGURI, P.S. SIPAJHAR, DISTRICT DARRANG, ASSAM, PIN - 784145. VERSUS DR RAVI KOTA, IAS CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, JANATA, BHAWAN, DISPUR, GUWAHATI - 781006. 2:SRI AJAY TIWARI IAS ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM HOME POLITICAL DEPARTMENT JANATA BHAWAN DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006 3:SHRI BISWAJIT PEGU IAS DIRECTOR CENSUS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS ASSAM MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOKOPIYAL BHAWAN DC OFFICE ROAD AMINGAON GUWAHATI781003 Page No.# 2/4 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. D DAS SR. ADV, MR S DAS,MR. S A HUSSAIN,MR D J HALOI,G BORO Advocate for the Respondent : , Linked Case : Cont.Cas(C)/581/2025 JAYANTA KUMAR NATH SON OF SRI NAGEN CHANDRA NATH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE KABAICHUBA BORDOLGURI P.S. SIPAJHAR DISTRICT DARRANG ASSAM PIN - 784145. VERSUS DR RAVI KOTA IAS AND 2 ORS. CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM JANATA BHAWAN DISPUR GUWAHATI - 781006. 2:SRI AJAY TIWARI IAS ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM HOME AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT JANATA BHAWAN DISPUR GUWAHATI - 781006. 3:SHRI BISWAJIT PEGU IAS COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM HOME AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT JANATA BHAWAN Page No.# 3/4 DISPUR GUWAHATI- 781006 ------------ Advocate for : MR. D DAS SR. ADV Advocate for : appearing for DR RAVI KOTA IAS AND 2 ORS. BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KALYAN RAI SURANA HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND ORDER Date : 11.03.2026 (K.R. Surana, J) Heard Mr. S. Das, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. By filing this interlocutory application, the applicant, who is the petitioner in the connected Cont.Cas(C) No.581/2025, has prayed for impleadment of the respondent no.3 in his current official status. 3. It is projected that the respondent no.3, who was earlier the Commissioner & Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Home & Political Department is presently serving as the Director, Census Operations, Directorate of Census Operations, Assam, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, whose particulars are given in the second cause title of this interlocutory application. 4. Accordingly, the prayer made in this interlocutory application stands allowed to the extent of allowing impleadment of the existing respondent no.3 in his current official status. 5. Insofar as the other prayers are concerned, it would not be appropriate to pass any order in this interlocutory application. Accordingly, the applicant is at liberty to renew those prayers when the contempt petition is Page No.# 4/4 taken up. 6. Consequential order is being passed in the connected contempt petition. 7. Accordingly, this interlocutory application stands disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE Comparing Assistant