Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010035742023 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Cont.Cas(C)/99/2023 BINOD KUMAR TODI CLASS-I CONTRACTOR, S/O LATE GHISALAL TODI AGARWALLA, R/O KHELMATI, NORTH LAKHIMPUR, P.O. AND P.S.-KHELMATI, NORTH LAKHIMPUR, PIN-787031 VERSUS PABITRA KHOUND AND 4 ORS. SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6 2:DHIRAJ SAIKIA CHIEF ENGINEER IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT GOVT. OF ASSAM CHANDMARI GUWAHATI-3 3:MURELI BORI EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ERSTWHILE ITAKHOLA DIVISION (IRRIGATION) NOW SOOTEA DIVISION (IRRIGATION) JAMUGHURIGHAT PIN-784180 DIST-SONITPUR ASSAM 4:FAZAL MOHAMMOD SIDDIQUE CHIEF ENGINEER IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT GOVT. OF ASSAM CHANDMARI Page No.# 2/3 GUWAHATI-3. 5:ACHYUT KUMAR BORAH EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ERSTWHILE ITAKHOLA DIVISION (IRRIGATION) NOW SOOTEA DIVISION (IRRIGATION) JAMUGHURIGHAT DIST.-SONITPUR ASSAM PIN-784180 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S K DAS, MR R KARIM Advocate for the Respondent : , BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR MEDHI ORDER 17.06.2026 Heard Shri S.K. Das, learned counsel for the petitioner, who has complained of non-compliance of the order dated 25.05.2022 passed in WP(C)/446/2019. By the aforesaid order, the claim of the petitioner for release of his contractual dues were directed to be treated in terms of the principles laid down by the Hon’ble Full Bench in the case of Tamsher Ali vs. State of Assam reported in 2008 (4) GLT 1. In the last order dated 10.06.2026, this Court had directed Shri N. Upadhyay, the learned Standing Counsel for the Department to inform the position of the petitioner in the chronological list so as to ascertain as to whether the directions were complied with or not. Shri Upadhyay, the learned Standing Counsel of the Department has placed before this Court a priority list as on 15.06.2026 which has been Page No.# 3/3 prepared as per the judgment of the Hon’ble Full Court. He has submitted that in the said list, the petitioner is placed against Sl. No. 22. Let a copy of the list also be furnished to Shri Das, the learned counsel for the petitioner. In view of the aforesaid development, this Court is of the considered opinion that no case for wilful or deliberate disobedience of any direction of this Court is made out and accordingly the contempt petition is closed. The priority list placed before this Court is made part of the records. JUDGE Comparing Assistant