1 ITEM NO.301 COURT NO.3 SECTION PIL-W/X S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO(S). 274/2009 ASSAM PUBLIC WORKS PETITIONER(S) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) ( AND IA NO.22616/2018-IMPLEADING PARTY) WITH W.P.(C) NO. 562/2012 (X) [ITEM NO.301.1] (I.A. 114708/2017 APPLICATION FOR EARLY HEARING IN W.P. (C) 562/2012 MAY BE LISTED) W.P.(C) NO. 916/2014 (PIL-W)[ITEM NO.301.2] (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) [ITEM NO.301.3] W.P.(C) NO. 311/2015 (X) [ITEM NO.301.4] (FOR ON IA 2/2015) W.P.(C) NO. 449/2015 (X) [ITEM NO.301.5] (FOR ON IA 1/2015) W.P.(C) NO. 450/2015 (X) [ITEM NO.301.6] (FOR ON IA 1/2015) W.P.(C) NO. 68/2016 (PIL-W) [ITEM NO.301.7] Date : 08-05-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN
2 For parties: Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG Mr. Rohit Bhat, Adv. Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv. Mr. R.M. Bajaj, Adv. Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv. Ms. Sushma Manchanda, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Manish Goswami, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR. Mr. Santi Ranjan Das, Adv. Mrs. Sarla Chandra, AOR Mr. Somiran Sharma, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Mr./Ms. Arna Das, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Ms. Tanya Shree, Adv. Mr. Kunwar Aditya Singh, Adv. Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Snehasish Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Asit Kumar Roy, Adv. Ms. Shampa Nath, Adv. State of Assam UT Daman & Diu Mr. Manoj Goel, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv.
3 Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Sr. Adv. Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mrs. Anit Katiyar, AOR Mr. Mansoor Ali, Adv. Mr./Ms. Shaista J., Adv. Mr. Mehmood Pracha, Adv. Mr. R.H.A. Sikander, Adv. Mr. Prateek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Mehmood Pracha, Adv. Mr. R.H.A. Sikander, Adv. Mr. Prateek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Chandan Kumar Mandal, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Krishan K. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Surender Mishra, Adv. Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR Mr. Syed Ali Ahmad, Adv. Mr. Syed Tanweer Ahmad, Adv. Mr. S.S. Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Mr. Mohan Pandey, Adv. Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Gautam Prabhakar, Adv.
4 Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Varun Mishra, Adv. Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Jawad Tariq, Adv. Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR Gauhati HC APCC AASU Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv. M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kriplani, Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. V. K. Sidharthan, AOR State of Tripura Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR State of Mizoram State of Uttarakhand UT of A & N Admn. Mr. Shikhar Garg, Adv. Mr. Ganesh B., Adv. Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR. Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, AOR Ms. Rachna Gandhi, Adv. Ms. Vidyottma, Adv. Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR
5 State of Chattisgarh State of Jharkhand Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR Mr. Avnish M. Oza, Adv. Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. for M/S. K J John And Co, AOR. State of Sikkim State of Rajasthan Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv. for M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR State of Gujarat Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Puja Singh, Adv. Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv. Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv. Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Mr. D.S. Parmar, Adv. Mr. Ankit Mishra, Adv. Mr. Atmaram N.S. Nadkarni, ASG Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Ms. Lhingneivah, Adv. Mr. Salvedor Santosh Rebello, Adv. Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR State of Kerala State of Meghalaya Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR. Mr. Daniel Stone Leingdoh, Adv. Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv.
6 State of Nagaland State of Punjab Mr. Edward Belho, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR State of Rajasthan Mr. S.S. Shamshery, AAG, Rajasthan Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, Adv. Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR State of Meghalaya State of Uttarakhand Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR Ms. Sudipta Sarkar, Adv. Ms. Monika, Adv. Ms. Rachana Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Aviral Saxena, Adv. Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. Partha Sil, AOR Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR State of Assam Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. M. Balashivudu, Adv. For M/S. Equity Lex Associates, AOR Mr. B.H. Marlapalle, Sr.Adv. Mr. Aditya Gaggar, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, AOR
7 Mr. B.H. Marlapalle, Sr.Adv. Mr. Ajit Wagh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Gaggar, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR Mr. Mansoor Ali, Adv. Mr. A.K. Talukdar, Adv. Ms. Lubna Ishrat Siddiqui, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Mr. Syed Faizan Ali, Adv. Mr. Mansoor Ali, Adv. Mr. A.K. Talukdar, Adv. Ms. Lubna Ishrat Siddiqui, Adv. Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv. Mr. Ajay Marwah, AOR State of Telangana State of J & K State of T.N. State of WB Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Mrityunjai singh, Adv. Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mrs. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv. Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pallavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv. M/s PLR Chambers & Co. AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR State of Haryana Mr. Anil Grover, AAG Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kr. Visen, AOR Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv.
8 State of Manipur Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani Kh., AOR Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv. UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R We have seen and considered the report of Shri Prateek Hajela, learned State Coordinator for National Registration (NRC), Assam dated 7 th May, 2018. We take note of the fact that the learned State Coordinator is optimistic of completion of the entire process of final publication of the NRC within the stipulated time, subject to limited change of time-lines, if required. We do not wish to record anything further except to direct the learned State Coordinator to proceed with the work entrusted to him by the several orders of this Court and cause publication of the final NRC on schedule. The request of the learned State Coordinator with regard to the development of a system to provide reasons of rejection without bringing the same in the public domain so as to protect the privacy of the applicant(s) (as mentioned in paragraph 10 of the report of learned State Coordinator dated 7 th May, 2018) is allowed. Similarly, the request of the learned State Coordinator in paragraph 11 of his report dated 7 th May, 2018 to call the applicants to the NRC Seva
9 Kendras instead of going house to house so far as DM s investigation in respect of verification of documents is also allowed. The matter be listed on 2 nd July, 2018. I.A. NO.67630 OF 2018 IN WP(C) NO.876 OF 2014 [FOR DIRECTIONS] Heard the learned counsel for the applicant and perused the relevant material. I.A. No.67630 of 2018 in Writ Petition (Civil) No.876 of 2014 is dismissed. [VINOD LAKHINA] AR-cum-PS [ASHA SONI] BRANCH OFFICER