All Assam Ahom Association Represented By Its President Mr. Jnanandan Phukan vs. Union Of India Represented By The Secretary

Reason:

ITEM NO.301 COURT NO.2 SECTION PIL-W/X/XIV

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

WRIT PETITION(C) NO.274 OF 2009

ASSAM PUBLIC WORKS PETITIONER(S)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) [IA NO.105327/2018-APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS IA NO.86040/2018-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA NO.86036/2018-CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA NO.105666/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING OT IA NO.103961/2013-INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA NO.10/2013-INTERVENTION APPLICATION] WITH W.P.(C) NO. 562/2012 (X) (I.A.FOR STAY APPLICATION ON IA 1/2012, FOR ON IA 24/2017 FOR ON IA 25/2017 FOR IMPLEADING PARTY ON IA 41036/2017 FOR INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT ON IA 41036/2017 FOR INTERVENTION APPLICATION ON IA 92739/2018 IA 1/2012-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) NO. 916/2014 (PIL-W) (FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 2/2015 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 3/2015 AND IA NO.119677/2017- IMPLEADING PARTY) W.P.(C) NO. 876/2014 (X) (IA NO.1/2014-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) NO. 311/2015 (X) (FOR ON IA 2/2015 IA NO.1/2015-SEEKING LEAVE TO FILE WRITTEN ARGUMENTS) W.P.(C) NO. 449/2015 (X) (FOR ON IA 1/2015) W.P.(C) NO. 450/2015 (X) (FOR ON IA 1/2015) W.P.(C) NO. 68/2016 (PIL-W) (IA NO.1/2017-INTERVENTION APPLICATION) W.P.(C) NO. 470/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION AND I.R. AND IA NO.69948/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.) Digitally signed by VINOD LAKHINA Date: 2018.08.28 17:30:49 IST Signature Not Verified

DIARY NO.20944/2018 (XIV)

(FOR ADMISSION AND I.R. AND IA NO.80351/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING AND IA NO.80352/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT AND IA NO.80350/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP/TP)

DIARY NO.21368/2018 (XIV)

(FOR ADMISSION AND I.R. AND IA NO.82085/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING AND IA NO.82087/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT AND IA NO.82088/2018-INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT AND IA NO.82084/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP/TP AND IA NO.82086/2018- PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS)

DIARY NO.21377/2018 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION AND I.R. AND IA NO.92415/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING AND IA NO.92417/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT AND IA NO.92411/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP/TP AND IA NO.92419/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING)

DIARY NO.21959/2018 (XIV) (FOR ADMISSION AND I.R. AND IA NO.82961/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING AND IA NO.82962/2018-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT AND IA NO.82959/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP/TP )

Date : 28-08-2018 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN

	For Parties (s)		Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv.<br>Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, AOR<br>Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv.<br>Ms. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv.<br>Mr. Daanish Ahmad Syed, Adv.<br>Mr. Pulkit Chandra, Adv.<br>Mr. A.S. Tapadar, Adv.
			Mr. Mehmood Pracha, Adv.<br>Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR<br>Mr. A. Chaliha, Adv.<br>Mr. Prateek Gupta, Adv.<br>Mr. Dilabar Abbas, Adv.

Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. M. Balashivudu, Adv. Mr. Aviral Saxena, Adv. Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR Ms. Monika, Adv. Mr. Kamal Nayan Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Manish Goswami, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Adv. Ms. Remya Raj, Adv. Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR. (Standing counsel for the State of Assam) Ms. Palak Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Luthra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Singhania, Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. B.H. Marlapalle, Sr.Adv. Mr. Ajit Wagh, Adv. Mr. A.S. Tapadar, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR Mr. H.U. Choudhury, Adv. Mr. Nasir Aziz, Adv. Mr. Chandan Kumar Mandal, Adv. Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv. Ms. Niharika, Adv. Mr. Salvador Rebello, Adv. Mr. M.Yogesh Khanna, AOR Mr. S. Partha Sakathi, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv.

Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani Kh, AOR Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv. Mr. Santi Ranjan Das, Adv. Mr. Anindo Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Sarla Chandra, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sunny Chaudhari, Adv. Mr. Prateek Jalan, Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Adv., Mr. Rahul Kriplani, Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Mr. A.K. Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. R.D. Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Ms. Monisha Handa, Adv. Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG Mr. Ajit Kr. Sinha, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bhat, Adv. Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. R.M. Bajaj, Adv. Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balaramdas, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. L.S. Changsan, Principal Secy. Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.

Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Prashant Mathur, Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Krishan Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr./Ms. M. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Syed Ali Ahmad, adv. Mr. Syed Tanweer Ahmad, Adv. Mr. S.S. Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR Mr. S.S. Shamshery, A.A.G, Rajasthan Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, Adv. Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Adv. Ms. Quarratulian, Adv. Ms. Tanya Shree, Adv. Mr. Kunwar Aditya Singh, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Aditya Kr. Dubey, Adv. Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. Mudit Makhijani, Adv.

Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Chandan Kumar Mandal, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Sunil Murarka, Adv. Mr. S.P. Roy, Adv. Mr. Partha Sil, AOR Mr. Tavish B. Prasad, Adv. Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv. Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Mr. Harsh Hiroo Gursahani, Adv. Ms. Kajal Dalal, Adv Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv. for M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR (Gauhati High Court) Ms. Lhingneivah, Adv. Mr. Salvador Santosh Rebello, Adv. Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Mr. Jugal Kishore Gilda, Adv. Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Mustafa Khaddam Hussain, Adv. Ms. Tehseena Z. Hussain, Adv. Ms. Lubna Naaz, Adv. Ms. Kuhika, Adv. Mr. Jawad Tariq, Adv. Mr. Kauser Husain, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv.

Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, AOR Ms. Rachna Gandhi, Adv. Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Nayantara Roy, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Ms. Geetanjali, Adv. for M/S. Arputham Aruna & Co., AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Puja Singh, Adv. Ms. Vishakha, Adv. Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv. Ms. Arna Das, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR Mr. Somiran Sharma, AOR Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR Mr. Snehasish Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR

Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. V. K. Sidharthan, AOR M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

During the course of hearing one of the issues that has cropped up is whether at the stage of filing of claims a claimant should be allowed to change the legacy and submit additional documents though included in List 'A'.

Having considered the matter we are of the view that ramifications of this proposed change should be addressed by the learned Coordinator Shri Prateek Hajela who had carried out the entire exercise in the field. We, therefore, request Shri Hajela to submit a comprehensive report indicating the feasibility including the time taken and the advantages/disadvantages that may accrue if the aforesaid modification/change of legacy is permitted. Shri Hajela is requested to submit the report before 5th September, 2018 when this Bench will assemble at 2.00 p.m.

As a sequel to the above direction, the date of commencement of filing of claim(s) necessarily has to be postponed to a later date from the one proposed, namely, 30th August, 2018. We order accordingly.

At this stage, we may also indicate that pursuant to our previous order dated 16th August, 2018 Shri Hajela has placed before us a district-wise data of the percentage of the population who have been excluded from the final draft NRC. Having perused the same we are of the view that the Court should consider the necessity of carrying out the sample re-verification of at least 10% of the names included in the final draft NRC, if required, by a team of NSK Personnel from a neighbouring district. Shri Hajela is also requested to submit a report in this regard and the possible time frame when such an exercise can begin if ordered by the Court and the time frame within which the same can be completed.

List the matter on 5th September, 2018 at 2.00 p.m.

I.A.NO.103961/2018 (FOR INTERVENTION) AND I.A. NO.105327/20180 (FOR DIRECTIONS) IN WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.274 OF 2009

Issue notice.

[VINOD LAKHINA]	[POOJA ARORA]	[ASHA SONI]
AR-cum-PS	COURT MASTER	BRANCH OFFICER