Page No.# 1/5 GAHC010184232025 2025:GAU-AS:12616 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/2996/2025 NAYAK AMRITANAD D/O- DR. AMAR KUMAR NAYAK, R/O- CHOWK BAZAR, NALBARI SATRA, NALBARI, P.O.- CHOWK BAZAR, P.S.- NALBARI, DISTRICT- NALBARI, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS REPRESENTED HEREIN BY ITS COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, EDUCATION (HIGHER) DEPARTMENT, JANATA BHAWAN, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-06. 2:THE ASSAM PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN JAWAHARNAGAR KHANAPARA ASSAM- 781022. 3:THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI- 110002. 4:ASSAM UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED BY ITS VICE CHANCELLOR SILCHAR- 788011 ASSAM. Page No.# 2/5 5:DIRECTORATE OF STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING (SCERT) REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR SCERT KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI ASSAM PIN- 781019. 6:THE DEPUTY SECRETARY TO THE GOVT OF ASSAM SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPTT KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI ASSAM PIN 781019 7:THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI 78101 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR SAURADEEP DEY, MR SAURADEEP DEY Advocate for the Respondent : SC, HIGHER EDU, SC, APSC Linked Case : WP(C)/4114/2023 NAYAK AMRITANAND D/O- DR. AMAR KUMAR NAYAK R/O- CHOWK BAZAR NALBARI SATRA NALBARI P.O.- CHOWK BAZAR P.S.- NALBARI DISTRICT- NALBARI ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. Page No.# 3/5 REPRESENTED HEREIN BY ITS COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM EDUCATION (HIGHER) DEPARTMENT JANATA BHAWAN DISPUR GUWAHATI-06. 2:THE ASSAM PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN JAWAHARNAGAR KHANAPARA ASSAM- 781022. 3:THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI- 110002. 4:ASSAM UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED BY ITS VICE CHANCELLOR SILCHAR- 788011 ASSAM. 5:DIRECTORATE OF STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING (SCERT) REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR SCERT KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI ASSAM PIN- 781019. ------------ Advocate for : MR S BORTHAKUR Advocate for : SC HIGHER EDU appearing for THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. Page No.# 4/5 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KAUSHIK GOSWAMI ORDER 15.09.2025 Heard Mr. S. Dey, learned counsel, appearing for the applicant. Also heard Ms. S. Bhuyan, learned counsel appearing for the respondent No. 1, Mr. P. Sharma, learned counsel appearing for the respondent No. 2, and Mr. B. Choudhury, learned counsel for the respondent No. 5. 2. By way of this application, the applicant is seeking impleadment of the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Assam, School Education Department, Kahilipara, Guwahati, Assam and the Director of Elementary Education, Assam, Kahilipara as proposed respondent Nos. 6 & 7 in WP(C) No. 4114/2023. 3. It appears that during the course of hearing of the WP(C) No. 4114/2023 and from the affidavit filed on behalf of the Assam Public Service Commission, the presence of the aforesaid two respondents is necessitated. Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the said interlocutory application read as under: “2. That, during the course of hearings of W.P.(C) No. 4114/2023 and from the affidavit filed on behalf of the Assam Public Service Commission, it has emerged that the School Education Department is a necessary party for the adjudication of the present case. From the said affidavit, it emerges that while one of the impugned advertisements i.e. Advertisement No. 17/2022 dated 26.8.2022 was issued in pursuance of the requisition of the Education (Higher) Department, the other impugned advertisement i.e. the Advertisement No. 20/2022 dated 13.9.2022 was issued in pursuance of the requisition of the Elementary Education Department, Government of Assam. The Department of Elementary Education has now been merged to form the Department of School Education. For this reason, it is necessary to implead officials of the Department of School Education for a proper adjudication of the Page No.# 5/5 case. 3. That, the officials of the Department of School Education had inadvertently not been impleaded as Respondents in the present case under the belief that the Department of Higher Education, Government of Assam, would be competent to respond to all the claims made in the writ petition.” 4. In view of the above, it appears that the presence of the proposed respondent Nos. 6 and 7 are essential and necessary for effective adjudication of the writ petition. 5. It is accordingly provided that the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Assam, School Education Department, Kahilipara, Guwahati, Assam and the Director of Elementary Education, Assam, Kahilipara, are impleaded in the connected writ petition as respondent Nos. 6 & 7. 6. Resultantly, interlocutory application stands allowed. 7. Let amended Cause-title be submitted before the Registry for doing the needful. JUDGE Comparing Assistant