LISTED ON: 27-01-2020

REGISTRAR COURT NO: 21

ITEM NO: 68

SECTION:XIV

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

ORIGINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

PETITIONS FOR SPECIAL LEAVE TO APPEAL (C) Nos. 20868, 21035,

21119, 21121, 21123, 21337, 21358, 21447, 21574, 21583, 21680,

21685, 21728 AND 21765 OF 2019

NTPC LIMITED ETC. ETC.

...PETITIONERS

VERSUS

SANT RAM & ORS. ETC. ETC.

...RESPONDENTS

OFFICE REPORT

The matters above mentioned were listed before the Ld.

Registrar’s Court on 17-10-2019, when the following Order was

passed:-

“SLP(C) No. 21765/2019

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh

steps alongwith fresh and complete address of

respondent Nos.1 to 5 within two weeks.

Service is complete on respondent No.6 but none

has entered appearance.

SLP(C) No. 21685/2019

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh

steps alongwith fresh and complete address of

respondent Nos.1, 2, 4 and 6 within two weeks.

Service is complete on respondent No.7 but none

has entered appearance.

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh

steps for effecting service on respondent No.3 within

two weeks.

SLP(C) No. 21680/2019

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh

steps for effecting service on respondent Nos.1, 2

and 4 to 9 within two weeks.

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh

steps alongwith fresh and complete address of

respondent No.3 within two weeks.

Service is complete on respondent No.10 but none

has entered appearance.

SLP(C) No. 21728/2019

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh

steps alongwith fresh and complete address of

respondent No.1 within two weeks.

Service is complete on respondent No.2 but

none has entered appearance.

SLP(C) No. 21574/2019 and SLP(C) No.

21583/2019

Ld. Counsel for the petitioner to take fresh

steps alongwith fresh and complete address of

respondent Nos.1 and 2 within two weeks.

Service is complete on respondent No.3 but

none has entered appearance.

Remaining matters

Delay in filing spare copies is condoned.

Notice be issued immediately.

List again on 27.1.2020.”

SLP (C) NO. 20868 OF 2019

Accordingly show cause notice was issued to all the 11

Respondents through registered A.D. Post on 24-10-2019.

Consignment details of all the Respondents not found on Indian

Postal Department site. Neither A.D. Card nor unserved cover

containing the notice has been received back from Respondent

Nos. 1 to 11 so far. However, Ms. Radhika Gautam, Advocate

has on 29-11-2019 filed Vakalatnama & memo of appearance on

behalf of Respondent Nos. 1 to 9 but has not filed Counter

Affidavit in terms of Order XXI Rule 14(1) of SCR, 2013 and

has also not filed application for Extension of time to file

Counter Affidavit in terms of Order V Rule 1(22) so far.

“Order XXI Rule 14(1) of the SCR, 2013 read as under:- Respondent

to whom a notice in a Special Leave petition is issued or who had

filed a caveat shall be entitled to oppose the grant of leave or

interim orders, without filing any written objections. He shall also

be at liberty to file his objections within 30 days from the date of

receipt of notice or not later than 2 weeks before the date

appointed for hearing, whichever be earlier, but shall do so only by

setting out the grounds in opposition to the questions of law or

grounds set out in the SLP and may produce such pleadings and

documents filed before the Court/Tribunal against whose order the

SLP is filed and shall also set out the grounds for not granting

interim order or for vacating interim order if already granted.”

“Order V Rule 1(22) of SCR, 2013 read as under:- Application for

extension of time for filing pleadings, provided that the Registrar

shall not grant more than one extension for the purpose exceeding

four weeks.”

Service of show cause notice is not complete on

Respondent Nos. 10 and 11.

SLP (C) NO. 21035 OF 2019

Accordingly show cause notice was issued to both the

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