Court emphasizes procedural fairness in adjudicating multiple writ petitions, allowing interventions and extensions for filing affidavits.

Order :

(Rajesh Shankar, J.)

I.A. No. 2456 of 2014 in W.P.(C) No. 4304 of 2013

Mr. Lal Vikram Nath Shahdeo, learned counsel for the applicants, does not press the present interlocutory application with liberty to the applicants to file a fresh one.

2. I.A. No. 2456 of 2014 is dismissed as not pressed with aforesaid liberty.

I.A. No. 5202 of 2021 in W.P.(C) No. 5304 of 2013

3. Mr. S.G. Raman, learned counsel for the applicants, does not press the present interlocutory application.

4. I.A. No. 5202 of 2021 is accordingly dismissed as not pressed.

I.A. No. 7746 of 2022 in W.P.(C) No. 5304 of 2013

5. Mr. Bhaiya V. Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant, submits that the present interlocutory application has inadvertently been filed to substitute the applicant with his father namely Thakur Navin Nath Shahdeo who had earlier filed I.A. No. 1734 of 2016 seeking intervention in this case. He, accordingly, does not press the present interlocutory application

6. Considering the said submission, I.A. No. 7746 of 2022 is dismissed as not pressed.

I.A. No. 2560 of 2014 in W.P.(C) No. 5304 of 2013

7. The present interlocutory application was filed on behalf of the respondent no. 2 on 05.05.2014 seeking further time to file counter affidavit.

8. Mr. Ankit Kumar, learned A.C. to S.C.-I appearing on behalf of the State respondents, submits that subsequent to filing of the present interlocutory application, the petitioner has filed the amended writ petition. Hence, the present interlocutory application has become infructuous.

9. Considering the said submission, I.A. No. 2560 of 2014 is dismissed as infructuous.

I.A. Nos. 5106 of 2020, I.A. No. 4380 of 2021, I.A. No. 7908 of 2022, I.A. No. 4189 of 2023, I.A. No. 5444 of 2023, I.A. No. 9918 of 2023, I.A. No. 11693 of 2023, I.A. No. 193 of 2024 & I.A. No. 11877 of 2024 in W.P.(C) No. 5304 of 2013.

10. All these interlocutory applications have been filed on behalf of the respective applicants seeking intervention in the writ petition.

11. Having heard learned counsel for the applicants and considering the nature of issue involved in the writ petition, all the applicants are permitted to intervene in the matter. However, they are not required to be impleaded as party respondents in this case.

12. Learned counsel for the respective applicants/interveners shall be heard at the time of adjudication of the case.

13. The present interlocutory applications are accordingly disposed of.

I.A. No. 10487 of 2023 in W.P.(C) No. 5304 of 2013

14. The present interlocutory application has been filed on behalf of the applicant- Sanjiv Tandan Lall seeking clarification of the order dated 11.08.2021.

15. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering that since the applicant’s another interlocutory application i.e., I.A. No. 9918 of 2023 seeking intervention in the present case has already been disposed of permitting him to intervene in the matter, he is permitted to argue the issue raised in the present interlocutory application at the time of adjudication of the case.

16. I.A. No. 10487 of 2023 stands disposed of.

I.A. No. 8839 of 2024 in W.P.(C) No. 274 of 2022

17. No one appears on behalf of the applicant to press the present interlocutory application.

18. I.A. No. 8839 of 2024 is accordingly dismissed as not pressed.

W.P.(C) No. 5304 of 2013 With W.P.(C) No. 52 of 2016 With W.P.(C) No. 3047 of 2017 With W.P.(C) No. 402 of 2021 With W.P.(C) No. 274 of 2022

19. Mr. Ankit Kumar, learned A.C. to S.C.-I appearing on behalf of the State respondents, prays for and is allowed three weeks’ time by way of last indulgence to file counter affida