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ITEM NO.501 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).1099/2019

SHAH FAESAL & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Respondent(s)

[ FOR DIRECTIONS ]

(WITH IA No. 17101/2023 - ADDITION / DELETION / MODIFICATION

PARTIES, IA No. 66515/2022 - DELETING THE NAME OF
PETITIONER/RESPONDENT, IA No. 129177/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No.
9573/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 174525/2019 -
INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 164438/2019 - INTERVENTION
APPLICATION, IA No. 10999/2020 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.
189526/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 136349/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 154272/2022 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 129178/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE
LENGTHY LIST OF DATES, IA No. 166037/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)

WITH
W.P.(C) No. 871/2015 (PIL-W)
(WITH IA No. 38200/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.
34489/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 1/2015 - PERMISSION
TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES)

W.P.(C) No. 722/2014 (PIL-W)

(WITH IA No. 106447/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.
120250/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 108743/2018 -
INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 95744/2017 - INTERVENTION
APPLICATION, IA No. 108652/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.
79897/2017 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 79570/2017 -
INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 120574/2018 - INTERVENTION
APPLICATION, IA No. 103006/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.
120075/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 110782/2017 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 114320/2018 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 96065/2017 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 55540/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 52137/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 81485/2017 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 108303/2018 –
Signature Not Verified

INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 121757/2018 –

Digitally signed by
Sanjay Kumar
Date: 2023.07.11

INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 108287/2018 –

17:30:19 IST
Reason:

INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 121124/2018 –

INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 106824/2018 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 55541/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR
AND ARGUE IN PERSON)
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SLP(C) No. 19618/2017 (XIV)

(WITH IA No. 182696/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 1013/2019 (PIL-W)

(WITH IA No. 145853/2019 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.
118588/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 154967/2019 - INTERVENTION
APPLICATION, IA No. 143833/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.
180145/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 142338/2019 -
INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 164975/2019 - INTERVENTION
APPLICATION, IA No. 164876/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.
155795/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 169328/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 136293/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 160049/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 142343/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR
AND ARGUE IN PERSON, IA No. 118589/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR AND
ARGUE IN PERSON)

W.P.(C) No. 1082/2019 (X)

(WITH IA No. 171000/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.
136299/2019 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

W.P.(C) No. 1068/2019 (PIL-W)

(WITH IA No. 136304/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No.
125260/2019 - STAY APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 1037/2019 (X)

(WITH IA No. 95994/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No.
96178/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 96173/2021 -
INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 9596/2020 - INTERVENTION
APPLICATION, IA No. 171722/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.
171690/2019 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 95993/2021 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 153133/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 136356/2019 -
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

W.P.(C) No. 1062/2019 (PIL-W)

(WITH IA No. 124539/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 136347/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 124540/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE
LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)

W.P.(C) No. 1070/2019 (PIL-W)

(WITH IA No. 171772/2019 - APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION, IA No.
83434/2020 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No. 14005/2022 –
CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No. 34434/2022 - EARLY HEARING
APPLICATION, IA No. 125529/2019 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF, IA No.
153121/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 136314/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 84479/2022 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 171350/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

W.P.(C) No. 1104/2019 (X)

(WITH IA No. 37063/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.
136313/2019 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 165583/2019 -
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PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

W.P.(C) No. 1165/2019 (PIL-W)

(WITH IA No. 116395/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No.
140590/2019 - EX-PARTE STAY, IA No. 116397/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM
FILING AFFIDAVIT, IA No. 140592/2019 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY
LIST OF DATES)

W.P.(C) No. 1210/2019 (PIL-W)

(WITH IA No. 125359/2020 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION, IA No.
107217/2021 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION)

W.P.(C) No. 1222/2019 (X)

W.P.(C) No. 396/2017 (X)

(WITH IA No. 118468/2018 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No.
43725/2017 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF DATES)

W.P.(C) No. 756/2017 (PIL-W)

W.P.(C) No. 398/2018 (X)

(WITH IA No. 71210/2018 - GRANT OF INTERIM RELIEF, IA No.
49481/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF DATES)

W.P.(C) No. 924/2018 (PIL-W)

(WITH IA No. 109719/2018 - PERMISSION TO FILE LENGTHY LIST OF
DATES)

W.P.(C) No. 1092/2018 (X)

W.P.(C) No. 1162/2018 (PIL-W)

W.P.(C) No. 1048/2019 (PIL-W)

(WITH IA No. 188819/2022 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS, IA No.
112494/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION, IA No. 136357/2019 –
INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT, IA No. 122866/2019 - PERMISSION TO APPEAR
AND ARGUE IN PERSON, IA No. 188822/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES, IA No. 188813/2022 -
PERMISSION TO PLACE ADDITIONAL FACTS AND GROUNDS)

W.P.(C) No. 1268/2019 (PIL-W)

W.P.(C) No. 1368/2019 (PIL-W)

Date : 11-07-2023 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT
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For Petitioner(s) Dr. Rajeev Dhavan, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Pritha Srikumar, AOR
Mr. Sulabh Rewari, Adv.
Ms. Mansi Binjrajka, Adv.

Mr. Hari Shankar Jain, Adv.

Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR
Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv.

Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Nitya Ramakrishna, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Prasanna S, Adv.
Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR
Ms. Malavika Prasad, Adv.
Ms. Swati Arya, Adv.
Mr. Yuvraj Singh Rathore, Adv.

Mr. Shekhar Naphade, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Prashanto Sen, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Arjun Krishnan, AOR
Mr. Ankur Singh, Adv.
Mr. Pratik Patnaik, Adv.
Mr. Kaustav Som, Adv.

Mr. C.U. Singh, Sr. Adv.

Dr. Saif Mahmood, Adv.
Mr. Mayank Mikhail Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR

Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR

Mr. Shishir Pinaki, Adv.
Mr. Dhanaeswar Gudapalli, Adv.
Mr. Desam Sudhakara Reddy, Adv.
Mr. Desam Sudhakhara Reddy, Adv.
Mr. D. Siva Rami Reddy, Adv.
Mr. Adtiya Jain, Adv.

Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Aparna Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Vikramaditya Jha, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Jhanvi Dubey, Adv.
Ms. Ishita Chowdhury, Adv.
Ms. Shivani Vij, Adv.
Ms. Tanya Shrivastava, Adv.
Ms. Aditi Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Charu Ambwani, AOR
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Mr. M. C. Dhingra, AOR

Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, Adv.
Mrs. Madhavi Yadav, Adv.
Ms. Prashi Tyagi, Adv.

Mr. Pallav Mongia, AOR

Mr. Ankush Mangal, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Dawneesh Shaktivats, Adv.

Petitioner-in-person

Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Abhimanue Shrestha, AOR

Mr. Tripurari Ray, Adv.

Mr. Balwant Singh Billowria, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Ray, Adv.
Mr. Vivekanand Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rajinder Singh, Adv.
Mr. Atul Wadera, Adv.
Ms. Shilpa Singh, AOR

Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Aniruddha Rajput, Adv.
Mr. Vinay Navre, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Sharma, AOR
Mr. Yashraj Singh Bundela, Adv.
Mr. Apporv Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Vishnu Kant Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Surjeet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Rohit Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Pattabhiram, Adv.

Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR

Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, Adv.
Mrs. Pratibha Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Z A. Shah, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR

Mr. Vijendra Mishra, Adv.

Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR
Mr. Binay Kumar Das, Adv.
Mr. Vijya Lakshmi Jha, Adv.
Mr. Jyotsna Pathak, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka Das, Adv.
Ms. Neha Das, Adv.
Dr. Naveen Chandra Jha, Adv.

Ms. Divya Roy, AOR

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Ms. Surjeet Singh, Adv.

Mr. Yashraj Bundela, Adv.

Mr. Dushyant A. Dave, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Cyril D'Souza, Adv.
Mr. Mohd. Irshad Hanif, AOR

Mr. C U Singh, Sr. Adv.

Mr. P. V. Dinesh, AOR
Mr. Jaimon Andrews, Adv.
Ms. Urvashi Chauhan, Adv.

Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv.
Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR

Ms. Charu Mathur, AOR

Mr. Siddharth Acharya, Adv.
Ms. Anisha Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Ujjwal Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Devika Vengurlekar, Adv.

For Respondent(s) Mr. R Venkataramani, Attorney General for India

Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General
Mr. K M Nataraj, A.S.G.
Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, A.S.G.
Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv.
Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv.
Mr. Anandh Venkataramani, Adv.
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Venkataramani, Adv.
Mr. Vinayak Mehrotra, Adv.
Ms. Mansi Sood, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR

Mr. Parth Awasthi, Adv.
Mr. Vaibhav Sabharwal, Adv.
Mr. Akshay Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Vinayaka S. Pandit, Adv.
Mr. Rajan Parmar, Adv.
Ms. Divija Mahajan, Adv.
Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Adv.
Ms. Rakhi M, Adv.
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Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR

Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR

Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, AOR

Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR

Mr. Ranvijay Singh Chandel, Adv.
Mr. Shivamm Sharrma, Adv.
Mr. Mustafa Sajad, Adv.
Mrs. Geetanjali Bedi, Adv.
Mrs. Vipasha Singh, Adv.

Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR

Mr. Abhishek Pandey, Adv.
Ms. Abhivyakti Banerjee, Adv.

Intervenor-in-person

Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR

Mr. Rahul G Tanwani, Adv.

Mr. Anantha Narayana M.G., AOR
Mr. V.C.shukla, Adv.
Mr. Mannan Sanghai, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Singh, Adv.

Mr. Anupam Raina, AOR

Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR

Mr. Manish Tewari, Adv.

Ms. Nitya Ramakrishnan, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Raju Ramachandran, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Pradeep Rai, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Prasanna S., AOR
Mr. Arnav Mittal, Adv.
Ms. Swati Arya, Adv.
Mr. Yuvraj Singh Rathore, Adv.
Mr. M V Mukunda, Adv.
Mr. Syed Iqbal Tahir, Adv.

Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR

Mr. Aniruddha Rajput, Adv.

Mr. Apoorv Shukla, AOR
Mr. Yashraj Bundela, Adv.
Ms. Prabhleen A. Shukla, Adv.
Mr. Puneet Chahar, Adv.

Mr. Z.A.shah, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
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Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR

Ms. Divya Roy, AOR

Mr. Surjeet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Yashraj Bundela, Adv.
Mr. Pankaj Jamtani, Adv.

Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR

Mr. M. Shaz Khan, Adv.
Ms. Gayatri Dahiya, Adv.
Mr. Adnan Yousuf, Adv.

Mr. V. K. Biju, AOR

Mrs. Ria Sachthey, Adv.
Mr. Chetanya Singh, Adv.
Dr. Ranjeet Bharti, Adv.
Ms. Vijay Lakshmi, Adv.
Mrs. Rubina Jawed, Adv.

Mr. J Sai Deepak, Adv.

Mr. K. V. Muthu Kumar, AOR

Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR

Mr. Dinesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. K. K. Mohan, AOR
Mr. Prateek Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Nishant Singh, Adv.

Mr. Adil Muneer Andrabi, AOR

Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Kawalpreet Kaur, Adv.
Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR

Mr. Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal, Adv.

Mr. Anil Kumar, AOR

Mr. Omprakash Ajitsingh Parihar, AOR

Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR

Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.
Mr. D N Dubey, Adv.
Mr. A Baskar, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Singh, Adv.
Mr. Vishal, Adv.
Mr. Shekhar Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Harvinder Chowdhury, AOR

Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR

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Applicant-in-person

Mr. Bimal Roy Jad, Sr. Adv.

Dr. Brij Bhushan K Jauhari, Adv.
Ms. Riddhi Jad, Adv.
Mr. O P Singh, Adv.
Mr. Harsh Mahan, Adv.
Ms. Purnima Jauhari, AOR

Ms. Madhusmita Bora, AOR

Mr. Riju Raj Singh Jamwal, Adv.
Mr. Pawan Kishore Singh, Adv.

Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, AOR

Mr. K. Krishna Kumar, AOR
Mr. Soayib Qureshi, AOR
Mr. Sumit R. Sharma, AOR

Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Rajeev Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Surjeet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sandeep Singh, AOR

Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR

Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, AOR

Mr. Mohit Chaudhary, AOR

Ms. Puja Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Kunal Sachdeva, Adv.
Ms. Madhuri Jain, Adv.
Ms. Sanyukta Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Prakhar Mithal, Adv.
Ms. Srishti Bajpai, Adv.
Mr. Chowdhary Zulfikar, Adv.
Mr. Aashish Arya, Adv.
Mr. Balwinder Singh Suri, Adv.

Mr. R. K. Raizada, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Yashraj Bundela, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Raizada, Adv.
Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR
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UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1 The hearing of the petitions before the Constitution Bench shall commence on 2

August 2023 at 10.30 am and shall thereafter proceed from day to day except

for the ‘miscellaneous days’, namely, Mondays and Fridays.

2 Mr Prasanna S, counsel assisting on the side of the petitioners, and Mr Kanu

Agrawal, counsel assisting on the side of the respondents, shall act as nodal

counsel for the preparation of electronic copies of common convenience

compilations.

3 Since convenience compilations have been prepared earlier, should any of the

counsel seek to add to them, this shall be done positively by 27 July 2023. The

nodal counsel shall ensure that the convenience compilations are indexed and

paginated to faciliate the hearing. All the counsel shall give copies of the

material, including precedents relied on, to the nodal counsel. Written

submissions shall also be filed on or before 27 July 2023. After 27 July 2023, no

further additions to the convenience compilations shall be permissible and the

arguments shall proceed on the basis of the status of the record as on that date.

Any additional material which is permitted to be filed by 27 July 2023 shall be

filed only through the nodal counsel. The convenience compilations shall be

exclusively in the electronic form and shall be emailed to [email protected].

4 The Solicitor General has informed the Court that though the Union of India has

filed an additional affidavit setting out the perspective of the Union government

in regard to post notification developments, the contents of the affidavit have no

bearing on the constitutional issues which are raised in the petitions and shall

hence not be relied upon, for that purpose.

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5 With the consent of all counsel and at their request, the cause title of the

proceedings shall be described thus for all purposes:

“In Re: Article 370 of the Constitution”.

IA Nos 66515 of 2022 and 17101 of 2023 in Writ Petition (C) No 1099 of 2019

6 IA Nos 66515 of 2022 and 17101 of 2023 have been filed for deletion of the

names of Petitioner No 1 (Dr Shah Faesal) and Petitioner No 3 (Ms Shehla Rashid

Shora) from the array of parties. The applications for deletion are not opposed.

The applications are accordingly allowed.

7 Amended cause title be filed within a period of one week.

Writ Petition (Civil) Diary No 26993 of 2023

8 The petition shall be treated as an intervention application and shall be

renumbered accordingly.

Writ Petition (Civil) No 1070 of 2019

9 It is stated that Petitioner No 2 (Hindal Haidar Tyabji) has died. On the request of

counsel for the petitioners, permission is granted to delete the name of

Petitioner No 2 from the array of parties. Cause title be amended accordingly.

IA No 96065 of 2017 in Writ Petition (C) No 722 of 2014

10 Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicant seeks the permission of the Court

to withdraw the application for impleadment.

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11 The application is dismissed as withdrawn.

(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)

DEPUTY REGISTRAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR