JIAUR RAHMAN MONDAL v. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS.

Court: Gauhati High Court

Bench: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJIT BHUYAN

Judgment date: 2020-08-27

Case summary

Gauhati High Court judgment dated 2020-08-27. JIAUR RAHMAN MONDAL v. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.

Judgment text

Page No. # 1/22 GAHC010063422020 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C) 2979/2020 1:CHAYAN GOGOI AND ANR. D/O- LT. DHONESWAR GOGOI, R/O- H. NO. 13, ASOMI PATH, 1ST FLOOR, MATHURANAGAR, NEAR DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL, DISPUR, DIST. - KAMRUP (M), PIN- 781006 2: DEBAHUTI BAISHYA D/O- KARUNA KANTA BAISHYA KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUE NAGAR KAHILIPARA P. S. DISPUR P. O. KAHILIPARA KAMRUP (M) ASSAM DIST. - KAMRUP (M) GHY-1 VERSUS 1:THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 2 ORS. REP. BY THE COMM. AND SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSAM, DISPUR, GHY-6 2:THE COMMISSIONER OF PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSAM JURIPAR PANJABARI GHY-37 KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 3:THE DY. COMMISSIONER LAKHIMPUR ASSAM Page No. # 2/22 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S BORA Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM Linked Case : WP(C) 4274/2018 1:SIKHA SARMAH AND 10 ORS. D/O. MR. PRANAB KUMAR SARMAH R/O.

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN STAFF COMPUS JAWAHAR NAGAR KHANAPARA GUWAHATI DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 2: PRATISHAA DUTTA D/O. MR. MADAN CHANDRA DUTTA R/O. HOUSE NO. 31 BYE LANE NO. 1 KAILASHPUR JALUKBARI GUWAHATI DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 3: DEBANANDA BHARALI S/O. LT. UPEN BHARALI VILL. GHANHI GAON P. O. GHILAMARA P. S. GHILAMARA DIST. LAKHIMPUR ASSAM 4: KABIN DAS S/O. LT. SIDDHESWAR DAS KAHILIPARA DAKHINGAON KARGIL PATH Page No. # 3/22 P. O. KAHILIPARA P. S. DISPUR DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 5: CHINMOY KALITA S/O. MR. JUKTI PRASAD KALITA R/O. HOUSE NO. 301 J. B. ROAD KOLONGPAR AMOLAPATTY WARD NO. 7 P. O. NAGAON P. S. NAGAON SADAR DIST. NAGAON ASSAM. 6: SURAJIT DEKA S/O. MR. RAJEN DEKA VILL. BARUATI GAON P. O. SONARI GAON DIST. NAGAON ASSAM 7: PULAK JYOTI SUTAR S/O. LT. NABIN CHANDRA SUTAR VILL. BONGSHAR NEAR SANPARA L. P. SCHOOL P. O. BONGSHAR P. S. SUALKUCHI DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 8: NEELKAMAL KUMAR S/O. MR. KANAK KUMAR DAS R/O. BHARALIPARA AZARA NEAR A ONE BAKERY DIST. KANRUP (M) ASSAM.

9: KABITA MALA GOGOI D/O. LT. UMA KANTA GOGOI R/O. VILL. C/O. BINA GOGOI BORBORA VILL. CHANDRAPUR P. O. BOKAJAN Page No. # 4/22 P. S. BOKAJAN DIST. KARBI ANGLONG ASSAM 10: SUBHASH DAS S/O. LT. BIRENDRA KUMAR DAS VILL. BORDUBIA BIHAGURI TEZPUR P. O. PITHAKHOWA DIST. SONITPUR ASSAM 11: LINAKSHI SARMA D/O. MR. HEMANTA KUMAR SARMA R/O. HOUSE NO. 2 CHATURBHUJ PATH JAYANAGAR SIX MILE KHANAPARA GUWAHATI DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM VERSUS 1:THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 2 ORS. REP. BY THE COMM. AND THE SECY. PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 2:THE DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 3:BLOOM ELECTRONIC PVT. LTD. REP. BY THE DIRECTORS SUNDARAM AND SHANMUGA KARTHIKEYAN 365 BHARATHIYAR ROAD NEW SIDHAPUDUR COIMBATORE/TAMIL NADU-641044 Advocate for the Petitioner : DR ANKIT TODI Page No. # 5/22 Advocate for the Respondent : GA ASSAM Linked Case : WP(C) 1972/2019 1:BASANTA SARMA AND 3 ORS. S/O.

DEBENDRA NATH SARMA R/O. VILL. PACHARIA P. O. PACHARIA P. S. HAJO DIST. KAMRUP(R) ASSAM. 2: SABITA TALUKDAR S/O PADMA TALUKDAR R/O. VILL. JAGARA P. O. JAGARA P. S. BELSOR DIST. NALBARI ASSAM 3: GUNAJIT TALUDKAR S/O. PADMA RAM TALUKDAR R/O. VILL. AND P. O. JAGARA P. S. BELSOR DIST. NALBARI ASSAM. 4: DHARMEDNRA DAS S/O. DEBESH CHANDRA DAS R/O. VILL. RAMRAIKUTI PART-I P. O. SATRASAL P. S. AGOMANI DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM. VERSUS 1:THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. REP. BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSAM DISPUR GUWAHATI-06. 2:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSAM Page No. # 6/22 DISPUR GUWAHATI-06. 3:THE DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT JURIPAR PANJABI DIST. KAMRUP(M) ASSAM. 4:THE JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSAM GUWAHATI-06. 5:THE JOINT DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-06. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR.

A A R KARIM Advocate for the Respondent : SC PNRD Linked Case : WP(C) 3418/2019 1:JIAUR RAHMAN MONDAL S/O- JAHAN UDDIN MONDAL P. O. VILL- NARARBHITAPT IV P. O. BANGOPANI DIST- BONGAIGAON PIN- 783384 VERSUS 1:THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. REP. BY THE COMM. AND SECY. PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. ASSAM DISPUR GHY-06 2:THE COMM.. AND SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPTT. DISPUR Page No. # 7/22 GHY-06 3:THE DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PUNJABARI DIST- KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 4:THE JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. ASSAM GHY-6 5:THE JOINT DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. DISPUR GHY-06 Advocate for the Petitioner : MS J RAJKUMARI Advocate for the Respondent : SC PNRD Linked Case : WP(C) 5081/2019 1:RITU BIKASH BORA AND 20 ORS. S/O. LT. GANGADHAR BORA R/O. LAKHIMINAGAR JAPORIGOG GUWAHATI GUWAHATI-781005 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 2: MEHBUB HUSSAIN PRODHANI S/O. ABDUL JALIL PRODHANI VILL.

BIDYA PARA BHATI GAON P. O. A. M CO. ROAD DHUBRI PIN-783323 DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM. 3: ANOWAR HUSSAIN Page No. # 8/22 S/O. ABDUL MANNAF MIAH R/O. VILL. KATHALBARI P. O. AND P. S. BAGRIBARI PIN-783349 DIST. KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 4: SWADI SHEIKHUL ALOM S/O. ROFIQUL ALOM VILL. AND P. O. KALAPANI P. S. MANKACHAR PIN-783135 DIST. SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM. 5: AMINUL ISLAM S/O. SHAHEN ALI VILL. ROGHUPARA P. O. FEKAMARI P. S. SOUTH SALMARA PIN-783135 DIST. SOUTH SALMARA ASSAM. 6: SHAFKET RANA AHMED S/O. MONOWAR ALI AHMED VILL. FAKIRANIRJHAR PT-II P. O. BARKANDA P. S. BILASIPARA PIN-783348 DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM. 7: ANJUMAN AKHTARY S/O. LT. ABI ABDULLAH R/O. HOQUE NAGAR DHUBRI WARD NO. 14 P. O. A. M. CO. ROAD P. S. DHUBRI PIN-783323 DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM. 8: ABU HUSSAIN SHAH S/O. SAFIOR RAHMAN SARKAR R/O. VILL. BERBHANGI PT-III Page No. # 9/22 P. O. DIMAKURI P. S. GOLUKGANJ PIN-783334 DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM. 9: RAKIBUL HOQUE S/O. AMINAL HOQUE VILL. JOGIRMAHAL PT- I P. O. GHASHBARI P. S.

BILASIPARA PIN-783348 DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM. 10: ABDUL DAKER MONDAL S/O. AJIT MONDAL VILL. CHANGBANDHA KUTI P. O. BAGRIBARI P. S. GAURIPUR P. S. GAURIPUR PIN-783349 DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM. 11: KHADIZA KHATUN D/O. NURMAHMMAD ALI R/O. HATIPOLA PART-1 P. O. HATIPOLA P. S. CHAPAR PIN-783348 DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM. 12: MONMITA SARKAR D/O. NABIN SARKAR R/O. VILL. GHRABANDHA P. O. AND P. S. CHAPAR PIN- 783371 DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM. 13: MANJU RANI BRAHMA D/O. KALICHARAN BRAHMA R/O. HOUSE NO. 12 MATHURA BORO PATH CHANDAN NAGAR Page No. # 10/22 NAGORIK PATH BARSAJAI GUWAHATI PIN-781028 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 14: PALABI MEDHI D/O. BHUPEN MEDHI R/O. 2 NO. MATHGHARIYA NEAR NOONMATI FLYOVER P. O. NOONMATI GUWAHATI PIN-781020 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 15: NILOTPAL KALITA D/O. DHARANI DHAR KALITA R/O. WARD NO. 24 BAKHRABARA PT-II P. O. BONGAIGAON PIN-783380 DIST. BONGAIGAON ASSAM. 16: DIPANKAR ROY S/O. DEBEN ROY R/O. WEST COLONY RAILWAY QTR. NO. N/132/A P. O. NEW BONGAIGAON PIN-783385 DIST. BONGAIGAON ASSAM.

17: DIPIKA BHAGAWATI C/O. SANJIB KUMAR SARMA R/O. SPECTRUM NEAR SBI EVENING BRANCH SILPHUKHURI PIN-781003 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 18: NITU BEZBARUAH S/O. HEMANTA KUMAR BEZBARUAH R/O. HAZO BEZTOLA P. O. AND P. S. HAJO PIN-781102 Page No. # 11/22 DIST. KAMRUP ASSAM. 19: NIBEDITA MAHANTA D/O. KABINDRA MAHANTA R/O. FLAT NO. 4E BLOCK-B R. R. S PALACE SILPUKHURI GUWAHATI PIN-781003 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 20: DIPTI KALITA D/O. KISHAK KALITA R/O. HENGRABARI P. O. HENGRABARI P. S. DISPUR PIN-781036 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 21: MOUSHUMI DUTTA D/O. ANJU RANJAN DUTTA R/O. 7 SANJOG PATH LAKHIMINAGAR HATIGAON PIN-781038 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. VERSUS 1:THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR. REP. BY THE COMM. AND SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI GUWAHATI-781037 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 2:THE DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI GUWAHATI-781037 DIST. KAMRUP (M) Page No. # 12/22 ASSAM. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR.

U K NAIR Advocate for the Respondent : GA ASSAM Linked Case : WP(C) 2159/2019 1:DIPU NATH AND 11 ORS. S/O TARUN CH. NATH R/O CHIRING NATH GAON P. O- CHARING P. S. -GAUISAGAR DIST. -SIVASAGAR ASSAM 2: PINKU BHUYAN S/O SUREN BHUYAN R/O GANESH NAGAR GUWAHATI P. S- BASISTHA DIST. -KAMRUP(M) ASSAM 3: DEBANANDA BHARALI S/O LT. UPEN BHARALI R/O GEETAMANDIR NEAR BG TINIALI P. O- NOONMATI P. S-GEETANAGAR DIST. -KAMRUP(M) 4: NAYAN JYOTI BHATTACHARYYA S/O AKAN BHATTACHARYYA R/O NO. 2 MATHGHARIA SRINAGAR P. O/PS- NOONMATI DIST. -KAMRUP(M) 5: PRADIP ROY S/O LT. LAKSHMAN CH. ROY R/O- HOUSE NO. 85 PANCHATIRTHA PATH P. O/P. S- NOONMATI DIST. -KAMRUP(M) Page No. # 13/22 6: REJEKUDDIN AHMED S/O-KHASNUR ALI R/O- KACHARI SOLMARI P. O/P. S-RANGIA DIST. - KAMRUP 7: ABHIJIT DAS S/O LANKESWAR DAS R/O- BHAGABATIPARA P. O-BHAGABATIPARA P. S. -PALASBARI DIST. -KAMRUP 8: KADIR ALI S/O- HAMIR ALI R/O- UTTAR BARDAL P. O- BARDAL P. S. - RANGIA DIST. - KAMRUP 9: ATUL DAS S/O PUHA RAM DAS VILL. -CHIRAKHUNDI P. O.

-DEULKUCHI P. S. -TAMULPUR DIST. -BAKSA 10: HAFIJ ALI S/O FARID ALI R/O VILL. -KHANDIKAR P. O-DHEPARGAON P. S. -TAMULPUR DIST. - BAKSA 11: MOIEDUL ALI S/O MAHCHIN ALI R/O WARD NO. 8 RANGIA TOWN P. O/PS-RANGIA DIST- KAMRUP 12: SAHABUDDIN AHMED S/O KASHIMUDDIN AHMED R/O VILL- MARANJAN P. O- MARANJANA P. S. -RANGIA Page No. # 14/22 DIST. -KAMRUP VERSUS 1:THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 21 ORS. REP. BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI KAMRUP (M) GUWAHATI-781036 2:THE COMMISSIONER THE PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI KAMRUP (M) GUWAHATI ASSAM 3:THE DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI KAMRUP (M) GUWAHATI-781036 4:THE JOINT DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI KAMRUP (M) GUWAHATI-37 ASSAM 5:POLI BORUAH C/O POLI BORUAH SAIKIA R/O FLAT NO. 2F SHANTI ENCLAVE NAMGAHR PATH PANJABARI OPP. SBI GUWAHATI DIST.

-KAMRUP(M) ASSAM PIN-782003 6:NITUL BARMAN S/O UNKNOWN R/O BIHAMPUR P. S. -BELSOR DIST. -NALBARI ASSAM Page No. # 15/22 ASSAM PIN-781303 7:BHANITA BARMAN C/O UNKNOWN R/O NALBARI SATRA P. O. -CHOWKBAZAR DIST. AND P. S-NALBARI PIN-781335 ASSAM 8:NIVA RANI HALOI C/O UNKNOWN R/O NALBARI SATRA P. O. -CHOWKBAZAR DIST. AND P. S. -NALBARI PIN-781335 ASSAM 9:ARUP KULI C/O UNKNOWN R/O CHUMOIMARI P. O-POTIA P. S- KAMALABARI DIST. -MAJULI ASSAM PIN-785106 10:MOLOYA NEOG C/O UNKNOWN R/O BILPAR P. O. -GHOGRAPAR P. S. -GHOGRAPAR DIST. -NALBARI PIN-781337 ASSAM 11:CHINMOY GOSWAMI S/O UNKNOWN R/O NALBARI GAON P. O. -GOPAL BAZAR DIST. -NALBARI 781353 12:ANIMA PEGU C/O UNKNOWN R/O BOR KHAMON P. O. -BANHPARA Page No. # 16/22 P. S. -DHAKUKAHANA DIST. -LAKHIMPUR PIN-787055 13:PRIJU DOLEY S/O UNKNOWN R/O MATMARA P. O. -KHERKATAMUKH P. S. -DHAKUWAKHANA DIST. -LAKHIMPUR ASSAM PIN-787055 14:TUTUL PEGU S/O UNKNOWN R/O BHAGMARA GHILAMARA P. S. -DHAKUWAKHANA DIST.

-LAKHIMPUR PIN-787053 15:DIPALI PATIR C/O UNKNOWN R/O BAKULGURI CHARIALI P. O-BAKULGURI P. S. -DHAKUWAKHANA DIST. -LAKHIMPUR 787055 16:MRIDUL KALITA P. O AND P. S. -GHOGRAPAR DIST. -NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781369 17:NAMITA HALOI C/O UNKNOWN R/O BALILECHA P. S. -NALBARI DIST. -NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781334 18:NIJARA BARMAN C/O UNKNOWN R/O JAPARKUCHI P. O. -TERECHI DIST. -NALBARI ASSAM-781335 Page No. # 17/22 19:PRANJAL DUTTA S/O UNKNOWN R/O KSHUDRASANKARA P. O. - TERECHIA NALBARI DIST. -NALBARI PIN-781334 20:BIKASH DUTTA S/O UNKNOWN R/O KSHUDRASANKARA P. O. -TERECHIA DIST. -NALBARI PIN-781334 21:BARNALI DEVI C/O UNKNOWN R/O GANDHIYA P. O AND P. S. -GANDHIYA DIST. -NALBARI PIN-781304 22:ALAKESH KALITA S/O UNKNOWN R/O NEAR SWAHID BHAWAN MIRZA P. S. -PALASHBARI DIST. -KAMRUP ASSAM PIN-781125 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S BORTHAKUR Advocate for the Respondent : SC PNRD Linked Case : WP(C) 1719/2020 1:SIMANTA KALITA S/O- SRI HITESH KALITA VILL AND P. O. ADALBARI P. O. MUSHALPUR DIST.

- BAKSA ASSAM PIN- 781372 Page No. # 18/22 VERSUS 1:THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR. REP. BY THE COMM. AND SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI GHY-37 DIST. - KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 2:THE DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI GHY-37 DIST. - KAMRUP (M) ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MRS. R DEVI Advocate for the Respondent : SC PNRD Linked Case : WP(C) 2994/2019 1:RUBUL AHMED AND 3 ORS. S/O MOHIR UDDIN AHMED R/O VILL. - TAPESWARA P. O. GUNIAL GURI P. S. KALGACHIA IN THE DIST. OF BARPETA ASSAM. PIN- 781319. 2: ASMA KHATUN D/O- LT. KHALILUR RAHMAN R/O. VILL- KHARBALLI P. O. KALGACHIA P. S. KALGACHIA DIST. - BARPETA ASSAM. 3: FATIMA KHATUN D/O MD. ABDUL KADER R/O. VILL. AND P. O. KALGACHIA P. S. KALGACHIA DIST. BARPETA Page No. # 19/22 ASSAM. 4: SHAMSUL ALAM KHAN S/O KHALILUR RAHMAN KHAN R/O. VILL. KALGACHIA P. O. KALGACHIA P. S. KALGACHIA IN THE DIST. OF BARPETA ASSAM. VERSUS 1:THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. REP.

BY THE COMM. AND SECY. PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSAM DISPUR GHY. -06. 2:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPTT. DISPUR GHY. -06. 3:THE DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI DIST. KAMRUP(M) ASSAM. 4:THE JT. SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSAM GHY. -06. 5:THE JT. DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. DISPUR GHY. -06. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR A R BHUYAN Advocate for the Respondent : SC PNRD Linked Case : WP(C) 940/2020 Page No. # 20/22 1:MD. SAIFUL ISLAM S/O. MD. ATOWAR RAHMAN VILL. HELONARPAM P. O. BARBALA P. S. GOBARDHANA DIST. BAKSA ASSAM. VERSUS 1:THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR. REP. BY THE COMM. AND SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI GUWAHATI-781037 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 2:THE DIRECTOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT. JURIPAR PANJABARI GUWAHATI-781037 DIST. KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR.

J I BORBHUIYA Advocate for the Respondent : GA ASSAM :: BEFORE :: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJIT BHUYAN ORDER 27. 08. 2020 Heard Mr. S. Bora, learned counsel for the petitioners in WP(C)/2979/2020; Dr. A. Todi, learned counsel representing petitioners in WP(C)/4274/2018; Mr. S. Borthakur, Advocate for the petitioners in WP(C)/2159/2019; Mr. A. U. Ahmed, Advocate for the petitioners in WP(C)/2994/2019; Mr. U. K. Nair, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners in WP(C)/5801/2019 and Mr. J. I. Borbhuiya, Advocate for the petitioners in WP(C)/940/2020. None appears for the petitioners in WP(C)/1972/2019, Page No. # 21/22 WP(C)/3418/2019 and WP(C)/1719/2020. Also heard Mr. D. Saikia, learned Senior Counsel representing Panchayat & Rural Development, Assam, assisted by Mr. P. Nayak, Advocate as well as Mr. R. S. Deuri, learned counsel representing respondent no. 22 in WP(C)/2159/2019. Consequent upon the additional affidavit filed by the respondent no. 2 on 20. 08.

2020, all parties are agreed that the present bunch of writ petitions can be disposed of at the Motion stage itself, which is accordingly done. Short facts are that an Advertisement was issued on 21. 12. 2017 by Panchayat & Rural Development, Assam for filling up 945 various posts comprising of Extension Officer (Panchayat)/Jr. Asst. HQ/Gram Sevak & Gram Sevika/Junior Asstt. (Anchalik Panchayat)/Tax Collector-cum-Road Moharar/Gaon Panchayat Secretary. The petitioners herein duly applied and also participated in the written test held on 20. 05. 2018. When the publication of Select List got delayed, they came to learn of an order dated 19. 07. 2018, passed by this Court in WP(C)/4274/2018, whereby a direction was made to the State respondents not to declare the results on account of submissions made by the petitioners therein alleging anomalies in the examination as well as on submission of the State respondents that the State CID has been entrusted to investigate into the matter.

Petitioners submit that the interim order dated 19. 07. 2018 was recalled by subsequent order dated 07. 01. 2019, primarily by taking note that no materials could be produced demonstrating any irregularity in the conduct of the examination except in the examination conducted at Rangia Higher Secondary School Examination Centre. By the said order dated 07. 01. 2019 passed in WP(C)/4274/2018, the State respondents were allowed to declare the results of the Combined Competitive Examination, 2018, with liberty to make appointment on the basis of the Select List, subject to the outcome of the writ petition as well as the investigation by the CID, Assam Police. What transpired subsequent to the order of the Court dated 07. 01. 2019 is spelt out in the additional affidavit filed for and on behalf of the Commissioner, Panchayat & Rural Development, Assam on 20. 08. 2020, which is not disputed by the petitioners. From the aforesaid additional affidavit dated 20. 08.

2020 it is seen that to go into the complaints of anomalies the matter was entrusted to the CID, Assam Police for a detailed investigation, whereupon a case was registered, being CID P. S. Case No. 14/2018. An Interim Report was submitted by CID on 07. 02. 2019 showing that out of 507 numbers of examination centres, certain anomalies were noticed in 18 examination centres. Also, in so far as examination conducted in the Rangia Higher Secondary School Centre was concerned, the written examination was delayed by about 1 hour due to some unavoidable circumstances. However, after about 1 hour written examination was conducted without difficulty. It is also seen from the additional affidavit that consequent upon recall of the interim order dated 19. 07. 2018 by subsequent order dated 07. 01. 2019 Page No. # 22/22 in WP(C)/4274/2018, a total of 887 number of candidates were appointed on 05. 03.

2019, but the result of candidates who had appeared in the aforesaid 18 number of examination centres were kept in abeyance subject to Final Report from the CID, Assam Police. The additional affidavit categorically mentions that investigation by CID, Assam Police stood completed and a Closure Report vide FR No. 01/2020 dated 30. 06. 2020 was submitted. As per the Report, the complaints of anomalies did not stand substantiated and no evidence could also be collected against the arrest accused persons.

Having regard to the above, more particularly to the fact that there are no restrain orders of the Court, as well as Select List of the aforesaid 18 examination centres being available, which results were withheld during the process of investigation by CID, Assam Police, as well as on the fact that investigation by CID, Assam Police have stood completed, followed by Closure Report, there is now no impediment for the State respondents to make appointment of those successful candidates whose names find in the Select List pertaining to the aforesaid 18 examination centres. In this regard, the State respondents are directed that the withheld results of those successful candidates pertaining to the aforesaid 18 examination centres be declared and appointments be made at the earliest. Before parting with the case and having regard to the submission made by Mr. U. K.

Nair, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners in WP(C)/5081/2019, liberty is given to the petitioners to make representation seeking retrospective effect of their appointments in the event they are found to be successful and eligible to be appointed. Needless to say that necessary order would be passed on such representation(s) in accordance with law. All the aforesaid 9 writ petitions stand accordingly disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant

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