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2025 DAILYLAW 18018 (GAU)

FIROZ SAMIM AHMED v. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHRS

WP(C)/4978/2025 · 2025-09-07

Manish Choudhury

Writ Petition (Civil)body2025

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Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010186902025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/4978/2025 FIROZ SAMIM AHMED S/O- LT. ISMAIL HUSSAIN AHMED R/O- VILLAGE- MORIOMNAGAR P.O.- BALADMARI P.S.-GOALPARA DISTRICT- GOALPARA, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHRS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, REVENUE AND DM DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI 6. 2:THE DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS AND SURVEYS ETC RUPNAGAR GUWAHATI 32 ASSAM. 3:THE SELECTION COMMITTEE REPRESENTED HEREIN BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER NALBARI 4:THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN SELECTION COMMITTEE NALBARI ASSAM 5:THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT NALBARI ASSA Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. U S BORA, MR B P BORAH Advocate for the Respondent : SC, REVENUE, GA, ASSAM Page No.# 2/3 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : 08-09-2025 Heard Mr. U.S. Bora, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mr. S. Dutta, learned Standing Counsel, Revenue and Disaster Management Department for the respondent nos. 1 & 2; and Ms. M. Bhattacharjee, learned Additional Senior Government Advocate, Assam for the respondent nos. 3, 4 & 5. 2. The subject-matter of the writ petition is a recruitment process initiated by an Advertisement dated 01.03.2023, published by the Deputy Commissioner, Nalbari inviting applications for filling up 18 nos. of sanctioned vacant posts of Lot Mandal [Grade-III] within the amalgamated establishment of the Deputy Commissioner, Nalbari. 3. The recruitment process was initiated and thereafter, reached a certain stage. But thereafter, the recruitment process was halted. 4. The petitioners were participants in the recruitment process. 5. In deference to the Order dated 03.09.2025, Ms. Bhattacharjee has placed an Order bearing no. PER-36/490/2023/473 dated 28.08.2025 passed by the District Commissioner [earlier, Deputy Commissioner, Nalbari]. By the Order dated 28.08.2025, the recruitment process for filling up 18 nos. of vacant posts of Lot Mandal has been cancelled with immediate effect. 6. In view of the cancellation of the recruitment process initiated by the Advertisement dated 01.03.2023, the writ petition has been rendered Page No.# 3/3 infructuous without any challenge to the Order dated 28.08.2025. 7. In the above view of the matter, the subject-matter of the writ petition, having been rendered infructuous, is closed. Liberty is reserved to the petitioner to assail the Order dated 28.08.2025 in an appropriate proceeding, if so advised. JUDGE Comparing Assistant