Manipur High Court
Wungnaoyo Kasar vs Union Of India; & Ors on 19 August, 2025
KABORAMBA Digitally
KABORAMBAM
signed by
M SANDEEP SANDEEP SINGH
Date: 2025.08.20
SINGH 01:19:37 -07'00' Sl. No. 22 & 23
IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR
AT IMPHAL
PIL No. 10 of 2024
Wungnaoyo Kasar
Petitioner
Vs.
Union of India; & Ors.
Respondents
Clubbed with
MC (PIL) No. 12 of 2024
BEFORE
HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. KEMPAIAH SOMASHEKAR
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHANTHEM BIMOL SINGH
(ORDER)
(K. SOMASHEKAR, C.J.)
19.08.2025
Learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Tungrei Ngakang; learned
counsel for the Union of India, Md. Murad; and learned Dy. Advocate General for
the State respondents, Mr. H. Debendra; are present before the Court physically.
This writ petition has been initiated by the petitioner, Wungnaowo
Kasar, who is the Headman/Khullakpa of Chadong Village, in the nature of public
interest litigation in the interest of displaced people of Chadong Village, Kamjong
District due to the construction of Mapithel Dam, which is specifically stated in
para 2 of this petition.
Whereas in para 4.1, it is indicated that Thoubal Multipurpose
Project is one of the prestigious project taken up by the Government of Manipur
to uplift the socio-economic status of the people of Manipur as a whole to
providing facilities for irrigation, power, water supply and flood management.
The project has been planned to utilize the water resources of Thoubal River as
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it drains an area of 527 Sq. km. Besides the project aims to create a modern
township in the adjoining areas. Various grounds are urged by the Headman and
also facilitated certain relevant documents.
Though documents have been facilitated by the petitioner being
the Headman of the Village, the present writ petition has been filed in the nature
of Public Interest Litigation and seeking for intervention of some sort of prayer
which is indicating in the prayer column.
However, keeping in view the scope of Article 226 of the
Constitution of India and keeping in view the grounds which are urged in this
matter are concerned, this public interest litigation does not survive for
consideration.
Therefore, the present public interest litigation is hereby closed.
In the meanwhile, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks some
sort of liberty.
Accordingly, liberty is granted as is sought for in accordance with
law.
Consequently, there is no consequence to consideration of the
proceeding in MC (PIL) No. 12 of 2024.
Hence, MC (PIL) No. 12 of 2024 is hereby closed.
JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE
Sandeep
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