Prabin Kalita and 103 Ors v. Oil India Ltd.And 3 Ors

ORDER

29.08.2024

¶1Heard Mr. P. Mahanta, learned counsel for the 104 applicants, namely, 1. Sri Prabin Kalita, 53 year, S/O-Lt. Haradutta Kalita, 2. Sri Anil Dutta, 53 year, S/O-Late Bapuram Dutta, 3. Sri Punakanta Gogoi, 52 year, S/O-Lt. Sadanada Gogoi, 4. Sri Diganta Gogoi, 46 year, S/O-Lt. Thaneswar Gogoi, 5. Sri Suresh Kr. Balmiki, 49 year, S/O-Lt. Garib Das Balmiki, 6. Ruhini Patar, 49 year, S/O-Lt. Chaneram Patar, 7. Sri Ram Naresh, 59 year, S/O-Lt. Dularey Balmiki, 8. Sri Satish Balmiki, 42 year, S/O-Ram Naresh Balmiki, 9. Sri Umesh Balmiki, 49 year, S/O-Lt. Garib Das Balmiki, 10. Sri Rajesh Kr. Balmiki, 42 Year, S/O-Garibdas Balmiki, 11. Sri Rajkumar Balmiki, 44 year, S/O-Late Anantram Balmiki, 12. Sri Munnalal Balmiki, 47 year, S/O-Lt. Bedram Balmiki 13. Sri Sekhar Jyoti Bhuyan, 41 year, S/O-Sarbeswer Bhuyan, 14. Sri Jagat Thapa, 50 year, S/O-Late Tilak Thapa. 15. Sri Dil Bahadur Thakuri, 58 year, S/O-Lt. Man Bahadur Thakuri, 16. Sri Biki Doom, 37 year, S/O-Sri Parashuram Doom, 17. Sri Munnalal Balmiki, 54 year, S/O-Guljarilal, 18. Sri Manoj Balmiki, 48 year, S/O-Lt. Niranjan Balmiki,

¶19Sri Kushal Saikia, 54 year, S/O-Lt. Jugan Saikia, 20. Sri Milon Hamrom, 47 Year S/O-Late A. Hamram, 21. Sri Tek Bahadur Chetry, 52 year, S/O-Late Mangal Bahadur Chetry, 22. Sri Radhesham Das, 64 year, S/O-Lt. A. Das, 23. Sri Probin Gogoi, 54 Year, S/O-Late Eforam Gogoi, 24. Sri Sanjiv Doom, 48 Year, S/O-Late Dorika Doom, 25. Sri Ramu Sautal, 50 year, S/O-Late Dondu Sautal,

¶26Sri Anesh Balmiki, 47 Year, S/O-Late S. Balmiki, 27. Sri Kailash Doom, 53 year, S/O-Sri Biswanath Doom, 28. Sri Mohan Mura, 38 year, S/O-Lt. Sibratan Mura, 29. Sri Sankar Harijan, 50 Year, S/O-Lt. Moon Harijan, 30. Sri Joseph Masi, 55 Year, S/O-Late Joy Masi, 31. Sri Raju Bhumij, 47 Year, S/O-Late Page No.# 10/13 Konwar Bhumij, 32. Sri Jeet Bahadur Limbu, 45 year, S/O-Dhan Bahadur Limbu,

¶33Sri Debo Kumar Rai, 49 year, S/O-Lt. Bir Bhadur Rai, 34. Sri Raju Verma, 39 year, S/O-Sri Tulsi Verma, 35. Sri Rubul Gogoi, 48 year, S/O-Durna Kanta Gogoi, 36. Sri Kartik Gogoi, 44 year, S/O-Late Junaram Gogoi, 37. Sri Dilip Baruah, 53 year, S/O-Late T L Baruah, 38. Lila Konwar, 44 year, S/O-Late N. Konwar, 39. Sri Ramananda Hazarika, 55 year, S/O-Lt. P. Hazarika, 40. Sri Ambika Thapa, 46 Year, S/O-Lt. Debiprasad Thapa, 41. Sri Dharmenda Balmiki, 51 Year, S/O-Lt Ram Kishan Balmiki, 42. Sri Vinod Kr. Naidu, 48 Year, S/O-Narayan Naidu, 43. Sri Pran Majhi, 42 year, S/O-Mohesh Majhi, 44. Sri Chandeshwar Ram,51 Year, S/O-Lt. Kishan Ram, 45. Sri Dharmenda Doom, 51 Year, S/O-Basista Ram, 46. Sri Dinesh Soutal, 45 Year, S/O-Late Bayram Soutal,

¶47Sri Paban Soutal, 54 Year, S/O-Gopal Soutal, 48. Sri Ran Bahadur Chetry, 53 year, S/O-Late Rajman Chetry, 49. Sri Krishna Doom, 48 Year, S/O-Lt. Bake Doom, 50. Sri Kumud Hazarika, 53 year, S/O-Lt. Padmadhar Hazarika, 51. Sri Bhadra Borah, 43 year, S/O-Lt. Mohan Borah, 52. Sri Santosh Balmiki, 42 Year, S/O-Late Ram Chandra Balmiki. 53. Sri Gangaram Kishan, 44 year, S/O-Late Sukuru Kishan, 54. Sri Bolin Gogoi, 45 year,S/O-Late Lalit Gogoi, 55. Sri Richipal Balmiki, 45 year, S/O-Lt. Ram Bilash Balmiki, 56. Sri Kundan Doom, 51 year, S/O-Lt. B. Doom, 57. Sri Rupesh Balmiki, 47 year, S/O-Late Ram Chandra Balmiki, 58. Sri Lok Bahadur Chetry, 50 year, S/O-Late Dal Bahadur Chetry, 59. Sri Prodip Limbu, 46 year, S/O-Late Kali Bahau Limbu, 60. Sri Birdu Doom, 47 year, S/O-Lt. Pradip Doom, 61. Sri Dinananath Doom, 40 year, S/O-Late Rajendra Doom, 62. Sri Binu Nath Gogoi, 50 year, S/O-Lt. Suneswar Gogoi, 63. Sri Arup Bora, 53 year, S/O-Lt. Duneswar Bora, 64. Sri Prabin Dadhara, 58 year, S/O-Lt. Naresda Dadhara,65. Sri Kiron Gogoi, 50 year, S/O-Meghanath Gogoi,

¶66Sri Budheswar Bailung, 42 year, S/O-Jiten Bailung 67. Sri Akon Gogoi, 52 Page No.# 11/13 year, S/O-Lombudan Gogoi 68. Sri Tankeswar Buragohain, 48 year, S/O-Kukoi Buragohain, 69. Sri Kumud Phukan, 42 year, S/O-Golap Phukan, 70. Sri Ghana Gohain, 42 year, S/O-Joy Buragohain, 71. Sri Sibanath Dihingia, 52 year, S/O-Sunbar Dihingia, 72. Sri Prafulla Phukan, 49 year, S/O-Looknath Phukan, 73. Sri Pubeswer Gogoi, 54 year, S/O-Lt. Jugen Gogoi, 74. Sri Rituporna Gogoi, 50 year, S/O-Lt. Powal Gogoi, 75. Sri Mahendra Gogoi, 52 year, S/O-Lt. Jugen Gogoi, 76. Sri Diganta Bailung, 45 year, S/O-Lt. Jatin Bailung, 77. Sri Dineswar Gogoi, 59 year, S/O-Lt Gori Gogoi, 78. Sri Thuluk Gogoi, 57 year, S/O-Lt. Sarba Gogoi, 79. Sri Surujit Gogoi, 48 year, S/O-Late Haladhar Gogoi, 80. Sri Ajit Gogoi, 49 year, S/O-Lt. Sarbananda Gogoi, 81. Sri Amar Kumar Rai, 50 year, S/O-Lt. B. Bahador, 82. Sri Upen Nath, 50 Year, S/O-Late Chandrakant Nath, 83. Sri Dijen Das, 48 year, S/O-Sri Bhaben Das, 84. Dulumoni Gogoi, 53 year, S/O-Lt. Hira Kanta Gogoi, 85. Sri Jiten Soutal, 46 year, S/O-Lt. Kanu Soutal, 86. Sri Dulu Das, 49 year, S/O-Late Parindra Das, 87. Sri Bijay Doom, 46 Year, S/O-Late Basitram Doom, 88. Sri Ashok Kalyan, 52 year, S/O-Lt. Fakir Chandra Kalyan, 89. Sri Lalbabu Doom, 47 year, S/O-Lt. Sahab Doom, 90. Sri J. Sarmah, 55 year, S/O-Lt. Tirtho Nath Sarmah, 91. Sri Bimal Sonowal, 55 year, S/O-Sri Ritambar Sonowal, 92. Sri Nitya Bhuyan, 51 year, S/O-Lt. H. Bhuyan, 93. Sri Pancha Ram Gogoi, 57 year, S/O-Lt. Konakeswar Gogoi. 94. Sri Chama Patar, 48 year, S/O-Lakhindra Patar, 95. Sri Jiten Borgohain, 59 year, S/O-Dut Ram Borgohain, 96. Sri Bipul Dutta, 49 year, S/O-Lt. Sumeswar Dutta, 97. Sri Krishan Balmiki, 52 year, S/O-Lt. Jainalal Balmiki, 98. Sri Putul Konwar, 44 year, S/O-Lt. Nandeswar Konwar, 99. Sri Domboru Borah, 55 year, S/O-Lt. Ahina Borah, 100. Ananda Ram Borah, 55 year, S/O-Lt. Abhiyan Borah, 101. Sri Pradip Changmai, 51 year, S/O-Lt. Barnamali Changmai, 102. Sri Puna Dibruwal, 56 year, S/O-Late Lianbar Dibruwal, 103. Sri Harendra Gayan, 56 year, S/O-Lt. Putul Gayan, Page No.# 12/13

¶104Sri Diganga Phukan, 47 year, S/O-Lt. Binod Kr. Phukan, All are C/O-The Chairman -cum-Managing Director, Oil India Limited, Duliajan, P.O. & P.S.- Duliajan, District-Dibrugarh, Assam, Pin-786602, who submits that the applicants would like to leave the Oil India Thika Shramik Sangha and be impleaded in the present writ petition. He submits that the said issue has become necessary as the applicants want to avail the benefits of the Memorandum of Settlement dated 09.11.2022.

¶2Mr. P.K. Goswami, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. K. Kalita, learned counsel appears for the writ petitioner Company, while Mr. B.C. Das, learned Senior Counsel appears for the Oil India Thika Shramik Sangha Sangha.

¶3On considering the prayer of the applicants and the fact that the applicants have made a prayer for impleadment in the writ petition, this Court is of the view that the applicants should first approach the Oil India Thika Shramik Sangha Sangha with the prayer to leave the Union or approach the writ petitioner Company with regard to their intent to agree to the Memorandum of Settlement dated 09.11.2022, by submitting a undertaking that they would accept the Memorandum of Settlement.

¶4In view of the above reasons, this Court is not inclined to entertain the present application, as the ground for impleadment has nothing to do with the issue raised by the writ petitioners. Further, there is no rejection by the respondents with regard to their requests to leave the Union or avail the benefits of the Memorandum of Settlement. Also, there is nothing in the record to show that the applicants are members of the Oil India Thika Shramik Sangha Page No.# 13/13 Sangha, inasmuch as, the records to the membership with the union is with the Union.

¶5The application is accordingly dismissed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant

PageoNo.#o1/13 GAHC010163582024 ooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooTHEoGAUHATIoHIGHoCOURTo (HIGHoCOURToOFoASSAM,oNAGALAND,oMIZORAMoANDoARUNACHALoPRADESH)o CaseoNo.o:oI.A.(Civil)/2575/2024o PRABINoKALITAoANDo103oORSo S/O-LT.oHARADUTTAoKALITA 2:oSRIoANILoDUTTA oS/O-LATEoBAPURAMoDUTTA 3:oSRIoPUNAKANTAoGOGOI oS/O-LT.oSADANADAoGOGOI 4:oSRIoDIGANTAoGOGOI oS/O-LT.oTHANESWARoGOGOI 5:oSRIoSURESHoKR.oBALMIKI oS/O-oLT.oGARIBoDASoBALMIKI 6:oRUHINIoPATAR oS/O-oLT.oCHANERAMoPATAR 7:oSRIoRAMoNARESH oS/O-oLT.oDULAREYoBALMIKI 8:oSRIoSATISHoBALMIKI oS/O-oRAMoNARESHoBALMIKI 9:oSRIoUMESHoBALMIKI oS/O-oLT.oGARIBoDASoBALMIKI 10:oSRIoRAJESHoKR.oBALMIKI oS/O-oGARIBDASoBALMIKI 11:oSRIoRAJKUMARoBALMIKI oS/O-oLATEoANANTRAMoBALMIKI 12:oSRIoMUNNALALoBALMIKI PageoNo.#o2/13 oS/O-oLT.oBEDRAMoBALMIKI 13:oSRIoSEKHARoJYOTIoBHUYAN oS/O-SARBESWERoBHUYAN 14:oSRIoJAGAToTHAPA oS/O-oLATEoTILAKoTHAPA 15:oSRIoDILoBAHADURoTHAKURI oS/O-oLT.oMANoBAHADURoTHAKURI 16:oSRIoBIKIoDOOM oS/O-oSRIoPARASHURAMoDOOM 17:oSRIoMUNNALALoBALMIKI oS/O-oGULJARILAL 18:oSRIoMANOJoBALMIKI oS/O-oLT.oNIRANJANoBALMIKI 19:oSRIoKUSHALoSAIKIA oS/O-oLT.oJUGANoSAIKIA 20:oSRIoMILONoHAMROM oS/O-LATEoA.oHAMRAM 21:oSRIoTEKoBAHADURoCHETRY oS/O-oLATEoMANGALoBAHADURoCHETRY 22:oSRIoRADHESHAMoDAS oS/O-oLT.oA.oDAS 23:oSRIoPROBINoGOGOI oS/O-oLATEoEFORAMoGOGOI 24:oSRIoSANJIVoDOOM oS/O-oLATEoDORIKAoDOOM 25:oSRIoRAMUoSAUTAL oS/O-LATEoDONDUoSAUTAL 26:oSRIoANESHoBALMIKI oS/O-oLATEoS.oBALMIKI 27:oSRIoKAILASHoDOOM oS/O-oSRIoBISWANATHoDOOM 28:oSRIoMOHANoMURA PageoNo.#o3/13 oS/O-oLT.oSIBRATANoMURA 29:oSRIoSANKARoHARIJAN oS/O-oLT.oMOONoHARIJAN 30:oSRIoJOSEPHoMASI oS/O-oLATEoJOYoMASI 31:oSRIoRAJUoBHUMIJ oS/O-oLATEoKONWARoBHUMIJ 32:oSRIoJEEToBAHADURoLIMBU oS/O-oDHANoBAHADURoLIMBU 33:oSRIoDEBOoKUMARoRAI oS/O-oLT.oBIRoBHADURoRAI 34:oSRIoRAJUoVERMA oS/O-oSRIoTULSIoVERMA 35:oSRIoRUBULoGOGOI oS/O-oDURNAoKANTAoGOGOI 36:oSRIoKARTIKoGOGOI oS/O-oLATEoJUNARAMoGOGOI 37:oSRIoDILIPoBARUAH oS/O-oLATEoToLoBARUAH 38:o.oLILAoKONWAR oS/O-oLATEoN.oKONWAR 39:oSRIoRAMANANDAoHAZARIKA oS/O-oLT.oP.oHAZARIKA 40:oSRIoAMBIKAoTHAPA oS/O-oLT.oDEBIPRASADoTHAPA 41:oSRIoDHARMENDAoBALMIKI oS/O-oLToRAMoKISHANoBALMIKI 42:oSRIoVINODoKR.oNAIDU oS/O-oNARAYANoNAIDU 43:oSRIoPRANoMAJHI oS/O-oMOHESHoMAJHI PageoNo.#o4/13 44:oSRIoCHANDESHWARoRAM oS/O-oLT.oKISHANoRAM 45:oSRIoDHARMENDAoDOOM oS/O-oBASISTAoRAM 46:oSRIoDINESHoSOUTAL oS/O-LATEoBAYRAMoSOUTAL 47:oSRIoPABANoSOUTAL oS/O-oGOPALoSOUTAL 48:oSRIoRANoBAHADURoCHETRY oS/O-oLATEoRAJMANoCHETRY 49:oSRIoKRISHNAoDOOM oS/O-oLT.oBAKEoDOOM 50:oSRIoKUMUDoHAZARIKA oS/O-oLT.oPADMADHARoHAZARIKA 51:oSRIoBHADRAoBORAH oS/O-oLT.oMOHANoBORAH 52:oSRIoSANTOSHoBALMIKI oS/O-LATEoRAMoCHANDRAoBALMIKI 53:oSRIoGANGARAMoKISHAN oS/O-oLATEoSUKURUoKISHAN 54:oSRIoBOLINoGOGOI oS/O-oLATEoLALIToGOGOI 55:oSRIoRICHIPALoBALMIKI oS/O-oLT.oRAMoBILASHoBALMIKI 56:oSRIoKUNDANoDOOM oS/O-oLT.oB.oDOOM 57:oSRIoRUPESHoBALMIKI oS/O-oLATEoRAMoCHANDRAoBALMIKI 58:oSRIoLOKoBAHADURoCHETRY oS/O-oLATEoDALoBAHADURoCHETRY PageoNo.#o5/13 59:oSRIoPRODIPoLIMBU oS/O-oLATEoKALIoBAHAUoLIMBU 60:oSRIoBIRDUoDOOM oS/O-oLT.oPRADIPoDOOM 61:oSRIoDINANANATHoDOOM oS/O-oLATEoRAJENDRAoDOOM 62:oSRIoBINUoNATHoGOGOI oS/O-oLT.oSUNESWARoGOGOI 63:oSRIoARUPoBORA oS/O-oLT.oDUNESWARoBORA 64:oSRIoPRABINoDADHARA oS/O-oLT.oNARESDAoDADHARA 65:oSRIoKIRONoGOGOI oS/O-MEGHANATHoGOGOI 66:oSRIoBUDHESWARoBAILUNG oS/O-JITENoBAILUNG 67:oSRIoAKONoGOGOI oS/O-LOMBUDANoGOGOI 68:oSRIoTANKESWARoBURAGOHAIN oS/O-KUKOIoBURAGOHAIN 69:oSRIoKUMUDoPHUKAN oS/O-oGOLAPoPHUKAN 70:oSRIoGHANAoGOHAIN oS/O-JOYoBURAGOHAIN 71:oSRIoSIBANATHoDIHINGIA oS/O-SUNBARoDIHINGIA 72:oSRIoPRAFULLAoPHUKAN oS/O-LOOKNATHoPHUKAN 73:oSRIoPUBESWERoGOGOI oS/O-oLT.oJUGENoGOGOI 74:oSRIoRITUPORNAoGOGOI PageoNo.#o6/13 oS/O-oLT.oPOWALoGOGOI 75:oSRIoMAHENDRAoGOGOI oS/O-oLT.oJUGENoGOGOI 76:oSRIoDIGANTAoBAILUNG oS/O-oLT.oJATINoBAILUNG 77:oSRIoDINESWARoGOGOI oS/O-oLToGORIoGOGOI 78:oSRIoTHULUKoGOGOI oS/O-oLT.oSARBAoGOGOI 79:oSRIoSURUJIToGOGOI oS/O-oLATEoHALADHARoGOGOI 80:oSRIoAJIToGOGOI oS/O-oLT.oSARBANANDAoGOGOI 81:oSRIoAMARoKUMARoRAI oS/O-LT.oB.oBAHADOR