Page No.# 1/6 GAHC010023842025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/1659/2026. THANESWAR KUMAR SO LT NANDANRAM KUMAR RO BAKUL PATH DHARMA MATH PO GAUHATI UNIVERSITY PS JALUKBARI DIST KAMRUP M ASSAM PIN 781014 2: PRONAB BORAH SO PUSPA KANTA BORAH RO VILL KASHORIGAON PO PURANI GUDAM PS AND DIST NAGAON ASSAM PIN 782141 3: MD NAZIBUR RAHMAN SO LT ISMAILUR RAHMAN RO VILL BURIGAON PO KHARUPETIA PS DALGAON DIST DARRANG ASSAM PIN 784115 4: SWAPAN ACHARJEE SO LT SACHINDRA LAL ACHARJEE RO WARD NO 3 JHULAN POL ROAD PO AND PS LUMDING DIST HOJAI ASSAM Page No.# 2/6 PIN 782447 5: RANTU THAKURIA SO LT TILACK CH THAKURIA RO VILL DHING CHAMUA GAON PO DHING CHAMUA GAON PS DHING DIST NAGAON ASSAM PIN 782123 VERSUS ARUP KUMAR SARANIA SO LATE DURGESWAR DAS RO VILL BHERBHERI PO NIZ DHAMDHAMA PS BARAMA DIST BAKSA BTC ASSAM PIN 781349 2:HARE KRISHNA HALOI SO LATE PRASANNA CHANDRA HALOI RO VILL MURMELA PO MURMELA PS BARAMA DIST BAKSA BTAD ASSAM PIN 781346 3:SAHI TALUKDAR SO LATE KALIRAM TALUKDAR RO VILL BARIMAKHA PO BARIMAKHA DIST BAKSA BTAD ASSAM PIN 781333 4:THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVT OF ASSAM WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ASSAM DISPUR GUWAHATI 06 Page No.# 3/6 5:THE DIRECTOR WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSAM UZANBAZAR GUWAHATI 01 6:THE DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER NALBARI DIST NALBARI ASSAM PIN 781335 7:THE DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER TAMULPUR GARESWAR DIST TAMULPUR ASSAM PIN 781366 8:THE DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER KOKRAJHAR DIST KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN 783370 9:THE DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER WEST KARBI ANGLONG DIPHU ASSAM PIN 782460 10:THE DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER HATSINGIMARI DIST SOUTH SALMARA ASSAM PIN 783135 11:SRI SUMANTA KR BRAHMA STATISTICAL ASSISTANT OO THE DIVISIONAL PROGRAMME OFFICER KOKRAJHAR PO KOKRAJHAR DIST KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN 783370 12:SMTI GUNIVA NARZARY Page No.# 4/6 STATISTICAL ASSISTANT OO THE KOKRAJHAR ICDS PROJECT KOKRAJHAR PO KOKRAJHAR DIST KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN 783370 13:SRI NIJWM KUMAR BORGAYARY STATISTICAL ASSISTANT OO THE KACHUGAON ICDS PROJECT KACHUGAON PO KACHUGAON DIST KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN 783360 14:SRI ASHIMJYOTI SARMA STATISTICAL ASSISTANT OO THE SOCHENG ICDS PROJECT SOCHENG PO SOCHENG DIST KARBI ANGLONG ASSAM PIN 782446 15:MD MAHMUD ALI HASAN STATISTICAL ASSISTANT OO THE MANKACHAR ICDS PROJECT MANKACHAR PO MANKACHAR DIST SOUTH SALMARA ASSAM PIN 783330 ------------ Advocate for : MR. R ISLAM Advocate for : MR. R ISLAM Advocate for : MR. K R PATGIRI appearing for ARUP KUMAR SARANIA BEFORE Page No.# 5/6 HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : --05.06.2026 Heard Mr. R. Islam, the learned counsel for the applicants and Mr. K. R. Patgiri, the learned counsel for the respondents. 2. By this interlocutory application, the applicants have prayed for striking off their names from the array of respondents, they being respondent Nos. 13 to 17 in the connected writ petition. 3. It is stated by the respondents that they are the private parties who had impleaded themselves in the writ proceedings by filing an Interlocutory Application on an earlier occasion. It is further stated that they have been promoted from the post of Statistical Assistant to the post of Child Development Project Officer and allied cadres. As such, applicants have filed for striking them off from the array of respondents. 4. Be that as it may, it is a settled position of law that the petitioners do not claim any relief against the private respondents and that the relief is claimed only against the official respondents. 5. As such, the application is allowed and the applicants are directed to be struck off from the party of respondents. Page No.# 6/6 6. The petitioner is as such directed to file an amended cause title and the resultant modification will be done in the CIS system by the Registry. 7. I.A is allowed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant