Kamalsing Bey v. The Union of India and 7 Ors

PageoNo.#o1/3 GAHC010287652019 ooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooTHEoGAUHATIoHIGHoCOURTo (HIGHoCOURToOFoASSAM,oNAGALAND,oMIZORAMoANDoARUNACHALoPRADESH)o CaseoNo.o:oPIL/72/2019o KAMALSINGoBEYo S/O-oLToANJOKoBEY,oPRESENTLYoANoEXECUTIVEoMEMBERoOFo AUTONOMOUSoSTATEoDEMANDoCOMMITTEEo(ASDC)oAoSUB-REGIONALo POLITICALoPARTYoANDoR/O-oMATIPUNG,oDIPHU,oKARBIoANGLONG,o ASSAM,oPIN-o782003 oooooooooooooooooooooooooVERSUSo 1:oTHEoUNIONoOFoINDIAoANDo7oORS.oREP.oBYoTHEoSECY.,oMINISTRYoOFo DEVELOPMENToOFoNORTHoEASTERNoREGION,oNEWoDELHI 2:THEoSTATEoOFoASSAMoREP.oBYoCOMM.oANDoSECY.ooGOVT.oOFoASSAMo PUBLICoHEALTHoENGINEERINGoDEPTT.oDISPURoGHY-06 3:THEoCHIEFoENGINEERoPUBLICoHEALTHoENGINEERINGoDEPTT.oGOVT.oOF ASSAMoLICHUBAGANoHENGRABARIoROADoHENGRABARIoGHY-o36 4:THEoADDL.oCHIEFoENGINEERoPUBLICoHEALTHoENGINEERINGoDEPTT. KARBIoANGLONGoAUTONOMOUSoCOUNCILoZONEoDIPHUoKARBIo ANGLONGoASSAM 5:THEoPRINCIPALoSECRETARYoKARBIoANGLONGoAUTONOMOUSoCOUNCIL KARBIoANGLONGoDIPHUoASSAM 6:THEoDY.oCOMMISSIONER KARBIoANGLONGoDISTRICToDIPHUoASSAM 7:SUMoRONGHANG THEoTHENoEXECUTIVEoMEMBER KARBIoANGLONGoDIST.oDIPHUoASSAM 8:THEoCENTRALoBUREAUoOFoINVESTIGATIONoREP.oBYoTHEoDIRECTORo BLOCKoNO.o3oCGOoCOMPLEXoLODHIoROADoNEWoDELHI-o11000o Page No.# 2/3 For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. A. Goyal, Advocate. For the Respondent(s) : Mrs. A. Gayan, Central Govt. Advocate for respondent No.1. : Mr. D. Gogoi, Standing Counsel, PHE for respondent Nos.2 & 3. : Mr. R.S. Ronghang, Advocate for respondent Nos.4 & 5. : Ms. A. Longkumer, Advocate for respondent No.6. : Mr. P.P. Gogoi, Advocate for respondent No.7. – B E F O R E – HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. VIJAY BISHNOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMAN SHYAM

09.05.2024 (Vijay Bishnoi, CJ) This PIL petition is filed by the petitioner essentially raising a grievance regarding non-completion of the "Augmentation of Greater Diphu Water Supply Scheme in Karbi Anglong District". It is the main concern of the petitioner that the Government of Assam is not taking any effective steps for the purpose of implementation of the above referred Water Supply Scheme. On 23.02.2024, learned Additional Advocate General, Assam has placed on record a copy of the communication dated 30.11.2023 sent by the Additional Director (PP), Transformation & Development Department, Government of Assam to the Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Government of India for the purpose of supplying some information so that the Central Government may release appropriate fund for the purpose of implementation of the above referred Water Supply Scheme. Mr. D. Gogoi, learned standing counsel, PHE Department has submitted that the matter is under active consideration with the Central Government and the State of Assam is hopeful that necessary fund will be provided by the Central Government for the purpose of implementation of the above referred Water Supply Scheme very soon. Page No.# 3/3 Mr. A. Goyal, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that he has not been able to make any contact with the petitioner since long and, therefore, pleaded no instructions in the matter. Taking into consideration the fact that the State Government has already approached the Central Government for the purpose of providing fund for implementation of the aforesaid Water Supply Scheme and the matter is now under active consideration with the Central Government, we deem it appropriate to close this PIL petition with the expectation that the Central Government will soon release the fund for the purpose of implementation of the aforesaid Water Supply Scheme and on availability of the said fund, the State Government shall implement the Scheme without any further delay. Ordered accordingly. JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Comparing Assistant