Page No.# 1/5 GAHC010241012025 2026:GAU-AS:553 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/3489/2025 MISS PAMPA SARKAR D/O. LATE JAMINI KANTA SARKAR, HOUSE NO. 116, BHASKAR NAGAR, TRIBENI PATH, P.O. BINOVANAGAR, GUWAHATI- 781018, DIST. KAMRUP (M), ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS REP. BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVT. OF ASSAM, HOME DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6, DIST. KAMRUP (M), ASSAM. 2:THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM HOME DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 3:THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS ASSAM KHANAPARA GUWAHATI- 781022 DIST. KAMRUP (M). 4:THE SUPERINTENDENT CENTRAL JAIL TEZPUR P.O. AND DIST. SONITPUR 784001 ASSAM. 5:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM Page No.# 2/5 FINANCE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6 ASSAM 6:THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL ( A AND E) ASSAM PENSION BRANCH MAIDAMGAON BELTOLA GUWAHATI 2 Advocate for the Petitioner : MS. T ROY, MS M ROY,MR B MALAKAR Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, SC, AG (A AND E),SC, FINANCE Linked Case : WP(C)/3432/2025 MISS PAMPA SARKAR D/O. LATE JAMINI KANTA SARKAR HOUSE NO. 116 BHASKAR NAGAR TRIBENI PATH P.O. BINOVANAGAR GUWAHATI- 781018 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS REP. BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY GOVT. OF ASSAM HOME DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 2:THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM HOME DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6 Page No.# 3/5 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 3:THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS ASSAM KHANAPARA GUWAHATI- 781022 DIST. KAMRUP (M). 4:THE SUPERINTENDENT CENTRAL JAIL TEZPUR P.O. AND DIST. SONITPUR 784001 ASSAM. 5:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6 ASSAM ------------ Advocate for : MS. T ROY Advocate for : GA ASSAM appearing for THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KAUSHIK GOSWAMI ORDER 19.01.2026 Heard Ms. T Roy, learned counsel for the applicant. Also heard Mr. C K S Baruah, learned Government Advocate, Assam for the respondent/opposite party Nos. 1 to 4 as well as Mr. A Chaliha, learned Standing counsel, Finance Department, Assam for the respondent Nos. 5 & 6. 2. By way of this interlocutory application, the applicant is seeking impleadment of the Accountant General (A&E), Assam, Pension Branch, Maidamgaon, Beltola, Page No.# 4/5 Guwahati-29 as a party respondent in the connected WP(C) No. 3432/2025. 3. It appears that the applicant had filed the connected writ petition being WP(C) No. 3432/2025 before this Court seeking release of family pension due to the death of her mother who received family pension vide Pension Payment Order No. 23373 of her deceased husband, Namely, Jamini Kanta Sarkar, leaving the petitioner as the only unmarried dependent daughter in the family. It appears that due to an inadvertent error, the Accountant General (A&E), Assam, Pension Branch was not arrayed as a party respondent in the said writ petition. 4. It appears that presence of the Accountant General (A&E), Assam, Pension Branch is necessary and essential for effective adjudication of the connected writ petition. 5. Mr. C K S Baruah, learned Government Advocate, Assam as well as Mr. A Chaliha, learned Standing counsel, Finance Department, Assam do not object to the impleadment of the Accountant General (A&E), Assam, Pension Branch as party respondent in the connected writ petition. 6. Having heard the learned counsels for the parties and also having perused the grounds for impleadment, the instant impleadment application stands allowed. 7. Accordingly, the Accountant General (A&E), Assam, Pension Branch, Maidamgaon, Beltola, Guwahati-29 be impleaded as a party respondent in the connected WP(C) No. 3432/2025. 8. Let an amended cause title be furnished before the Registry for doing the needful. 9. With the above observation and direction, the instant interlocutory application stands allowed and disposed of. Page No.# 5/5 JUDGE Comparing Assistant