Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010012022026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/1530/2026 TILABARI BANDARKUNA JANAJAGARAN NGO ERALIGOOL REP. BY ITS SECRETARY SRI ABDUL HAMID AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS SON OF LATE IMRAN ALI RESIDENT OF VILLAGE ISLAMBASTI PO ERALIGOOL DIST SRIBHUMI ASSAM VERSUS ERALIGOOL DEGREE COLLEGE AND 8 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF GOVERNING BODY NAMELY ABDUL SATTAR R/O-VILL AND P.O-ERALIGOOL DIST-SRIBHUMI ASSAM PIN NO 788723 2:ABDUL SATTAR SO LATE ABDUL HOQUE RO VILL SOUTALBASTI PO ERALIGOOL DIST SRIBHUMI ASSAM PIN NO 788723 2:THE STATE OF ASSAM REP. BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006 Page No.# 2/4 4:THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI 781019 5:THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY GOVT OF ASSAM REVENUE RR AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT DISPUR GHY 06 6:THE DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS ASSAM RUPNAGAR GHY 32 7:THE SUB DIVISIONAL LAND ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN CUM THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER SRIBHUMI ASSAM PIN 788710 8:THE SETTLEMENT OFFICER SRIBHUMI ASSAM PIN 788710 9:THE CIRCLE OFFICER CUM ASSISTANT SETTLEMENT OFFICER NILAMBAZAR REVENUE CIRCLE PO AND PS NILAMBAZAR DIST SRIBHUMI ASSAM PIN 788723 ------------ Advocate for : A B T HAQUE Advocate for : SC HIGHER EDU appearing for ERALIGOOL DEGREE COLLEGE AND 8 ORS BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : --15.05.2026 Heard Mr. S. Banik, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. A.B.T. Haque, learned Page No.# 3/4 counsel for the applicant; Mr. H.R. Ahmed, learned counsel for the opposite party nos. 1 & 2 – writ petitioners; Ms. P.R. Mahanta, learned Standing Counsel, Higher Education Department for the opposite party nos. 3 & 4; Mr. A. Bhattacharjee, learned Standing Counsel, Revenue Department for the opposite party nos. 5 & 6; and Mr. H.K. Hazarika, learned Junior Government Advocate for the opposite party nos. 7, 8 & 9. 2. The instant interlocutory application is preferred by the applicant seeking its impleadment as party-respondent no. 8 in the accompanying writ petition, W.P.[C.] no. 663/2026. 3. The opposite party nos. 1 & 2 as the writ petitioners have preferred the accompanying writ petition seeking inter alia a direction to the State respondents to settle a plot of land measuring 17 Bighas, covered by Dag nos. 8 & 9 and Sheet no. 150, Mouza – Eraligool Waste Land Grant, Nilambazar Revenue Circle, District – Sribhumi, Assam [‘the subject-plot’, for short]. The applicant has averred that it is a registered Non Government Organization [NGO] and it has also submitted an application for reserving the subject-land as a grazing land and as such, it is a necessary party for consideration of the claim of the opposite party nos. 1 & 2 – writ petitioners in the accompanying writ petition. 4. Having regard to such projection made on behalf of the applicant, this Court is of the view that the applicant is a necessary party in the accompanying writ petition in view of the competing claims of the opposite party nos. 1 & 2 - writ petitioners and the applicant for the subject-land. Accordingly, the instant interlocutory application stands allowed. 5. Mr. Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioners shall file an amended 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 filing of such amended cause-title, the registry to cause necessary corrections in the cause-title as well as in the CIS. JUDGE Page No.# 4/4 Comparing Assistant