WP(C) 3536/2015. Gauhati High Court

Case NumberWP(C) 3536/2015
Judgement DateJanuary 30, 2017
CourtGauhati High Court

WP(C) No.4498 of 2014 with

WP(C) No.3536 of 2015

B E F O R E

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMAN SHYAM

30.01.2017

He a rd Mr. S. S. De y, le a rne d se nio r c o unse l a ssiste d b y Mr. A. Bha tta c ha rje e , le a rne d c o unse l a p p e a ring fo r the p e titio ne r in WP(C ) No .4498/ 2014. Also he a rd Mr. S. C . Biswa s, le a rne d c o unse l re p re se nting the writ p e titio ne rs in WP(C ) No .3536/ 2015. Mr. D. Na th, le a rne d G o ve rnme nt Ad vo c a te , Assa m, a p p e a rs fo r re sp o nd e nt No s.1, 2, 3 a nd 5 whe re a s Mr. A. R. Ta hb ild a r, le a rne d c o unse l a p p e a rs fo r re sp o nd e nt No .4 in WP(C ) No .4498/ 2014. In WP(C ) No .3536/ 2015 Mr. Na th a p p e a rs fo r the re sp o nd e nt No s.1 to 5 b ut no ne ha s e nte re d a p p e a ra nc e o n b e ha lf o f fo r the re sp o nd e nt No .6.

Sinc e b o th the writ p e titio ns ra ise s a c o mmo n issue o f p ub lic inte re st, he nc e , I p ro p o se to d isp o se o f the sa me b y this c o mmo n o rd e r.

It a p p e a rs tha t the Na p a m Da ily Ma rke t situa te d a t Ko ro ka ni Na p a m villa g e a t Te zp ur in the d istric t o f So nitp ur wa s e a rlie r func tio ning fro m within the p re mise s o f Ko ro ka ni Na p a m Ja me Ma sjid . Sub se q ue ntly, a n o rd e r wa s issue d b y the a utho ritie s fo r shifting o f the sa id ma rke t to a suita b le p la c e o utsid e the Ma sjid p re mise s. But sinc e no c o nc re te a c tio n wa s initia te d fo r shifting the ma rke t, he nc e , the writ p e titio n b e ing WP(C ) No .4498/ 2014 wa s file d p rima rily se e king a n o rd e r fo r shifting the d a ily ma rke t.

Mr. Ta hb ild a r, le a rne d c o unse l a p p e a ring fo r re sp o nd e nt No .4 in WP(C ) No .4498/ 2014, sub mits tha t d uring the p e nd e nc y o f the

writ p e titio n, Na p a m Da ily Ma rke t ha s a lre a d y b e e n shifte d fro m insid e the Ma sjid p re mise s a nd ha s no w b e e n re lo c a te d o n the sid e o f the p ub lic ro a d a b utting the Ma sjid . In vie w o f the a b o ve d e ve lo p me nt, Mr. De y, le a rne d se nio r c o unse l, fa irly sub mits tha t no thing survive s in the writ p e titio n file d b y his c lie nt a nd the sa me c a n b e c lo se d .

At this sta g e , Mr. S. C . Biswa s, le a rne d c o unse l a p p e a ring fo r the writ p e titio ne rs in WP(C ) No .3536/...

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