I.A.(Civil)/3575/2026 of NIRANJAN MANDAL Vs THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS. on 6 October 2026

ORDER

Date : 07.10.2026 Heard Ms. F. Hussain, learned counsel for the applicant; Ms. S. Sharma, learned Standing Counsel, Health & Family Welfare Department for the opposite party nos. 1 – 3; and Mr. H.K. Hazarika, learned Junior Government Advocate, Assam for the opposite party nos. 4 & 6.

2. The applicant is the writ petitioner in the accompanying writ petition, W.P. [C] no. 5270/2026.

3. The instant interlocutory application has been filed by the applicant-writ

petitioner seeking impleadment of the following authority – ‘the District Commissioner, Nagaon-cum- District Registrar of Births & Deaths, Nagaon, Old Trunk Road, Chrishtianpatty, Nagaon, Assam – 782001’ -as party-respondent no. 6 in the accompanying writ petition.

4. The applicant-writ petitioner has preferred the accompanying writ petition seeking issuance of death certificate with regard to the death of the son of the applicant-writ petitioner under the provisions of the Registration of Births and Deaths, Act, 1969. It is averred that as the afore-mentioned authority is a necessary party in the accompanying writ petition and inadvertently the said authority has not been made a party-respondent in the accompanying writ petition, the instant interlocutory application has been preferred.

5. The learned counsel appearing for the opposite parties have submitted that they have no objection if the interlocutory application is allowed.

6. Having regard to the subject-matter in the accompanying writ petition and the statements and averments made in the interlocutory application, this Court is of the considered view that for adjudication of the issues involved in the accompanying writ petition, the aforementioned authority whose impleadment has been sought as party-respondent no. 6 in the accompanying writ petition is a necessary party and therefore, the instant interlocutory application is allowed.

JUDGE Comparing Assistant