SMTI MADHUMITA BORA v. SMTI RUPANJALI BORA AND ORS
I.A.(Civil)/1255/2026 · 2026-04-26
N Unni Krishnan Nair
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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/1255/2026 SMTI MADHUMITA BORA MEMBER, WARD NO. 5, DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD, DERGAON, GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614, PRESENTLY HOLDING THE POST OF CHAIRMAN, MEMBER, WARD NO. 5, DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD, DERGAON, GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 VERSUS SMTI RUPANJALI BORA AND ORS - W/O SRI JATIN BORA RESIDENT OF WARD NO. 9, DKD COLLEGE ROAD, LAKHI NATH PHUKAN PATH, PO AND PS DERGAON, DIST GOLAGHAT, ASSAM 785614 2:THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT.
OF ASSAM URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT JANATA BHAWAN DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006 3:THE DIRECTOR MUNICIPAL ADMINSTRATION DIRECTORATE OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION ASSAM DISPUR GUWAHATI 06 4:THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785621 5:THE CO DISTRICT COMMISSIONER
Page No.# 2/4 DEGAON DIST GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 6:THE DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD DERGAON REPRESENTED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD DERGAON GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 7:THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD DERGAON GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 8:SRI SUBHANKAR GHOSH VICE CHAIRMAN DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD DERGAON GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 9:SMTI SNEHALATA NATH MEMBER WARD NO. 1 DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD DERGAON GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 10:SRI UJJAL KASHYAP MEMBER WARD NO. 2 DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD DERGAON GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 11:SMTI MITALI PHUKAN BARUAH MEMBER WARD NO. 3 DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD DERGAON GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 12:SMTI NISHA LIMBU MEMBER WARD NO. 6 DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD
Page No.# 3/4 DERGAON GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 13:SMTI DIPA SOMANI MEMBER WARD NO. 7 DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD DERGAON GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 14:DIPANJAN HAZARIKA MEMBER WARD NO. 8 DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD DERGAON GOLAGHAT ASSAM 785614 15:SMTIS SITAL SOMANI MEMBER WARD NO. 10 DERGAON MUNICIPAL BOARD DERGAON GOLAGHAT ASSAM 78561 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR D J BORO, MR. J K GOSWAMI Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, R BORAH(R5,6)
BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR
ORDER Date : 27.04.2026 Heard Mr. D J Boro, Learned Counsel for the Petitioner. The present Interlocutory Application has been instituted for correction of a typographical error, occasioning in the order dated 30.03.2026, passed by this Court in WP(C) No. 6792/2024. The applicant has submitted that the name of the respondent No. 11, in line No. 12 in the said order has been reflected as “Rupanjali Bora” in place of “Madhumita Bora”. This Court has considered the said submissions made by the Learned Counsel for the
Page No.# 4/4 Applicant and finds the submission to be correct and, in fact, an inadvertent typographical error has occasioned in recording the name of the respondent No. 11. The sentence, wherein, the name of the respondent No. 11 is wrongly recorded is extracted hereinbelow :
“Thereafter, the Ward Commissioners of the Board held a meeting on 11.12.2024 and, therein, elected Rupanjali Bora i.e. the respondent No. 11, herein, as the new Chairman of the Board.” This Court having found that an inadvertent error had occasioned in the
order dated 30.03.2026, in the sentence extracted, hereinabove, the said sentence would now be read as follows :
“Thereafter, the Ward Commissioners of the Board held a meeting on 11.12.2024 and, therein, elected Madhumita Bora i.e. the respondent No. 11, herein, as the new Chairman of the Board.” The order dated 30.03.2026, be so read, in terms of the correction made, with regard to the name of the respondent No. 11, hereinabove. The present order be also treated to be a part of the order dated 30.03.2026, passed in WP(C) No. 6792/2024. With the above observations and directions, the present Interlocutory Application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant