Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010187772023 2025:GAU-AS:3231 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/4931/2023 NUR @ NOOR ISLAM ALI S/O LATE HUSSAIN ALI SK., VILL-DHARMASHALA, P.O.-DHARMASHALA, P.S.-DHUBRI, DIST-DHUBRI, ASSAM, PIN-783324 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 5 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, EDUCATION (ELEMENTARY) DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6 2:THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-781019 3:THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DHUBRI DIST- DHUBRI (ASSAM) PIN- 4:THE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER DHUBRI DIST-DHUBRI (ASSAM) PIN-783324 5:THE BLOCK ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER GAURIPUR EDUCATION BLOCK Page No.# 2/3 DIST-DHUBRI (ASSAM) PIN-783324 6:THE HEAD MASTER CUM SECRETARY OF THE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PACHIM DHARMASHALA M.E. MADRASSA VILL-DHARMASHALA PART-I P.O.-DHARMASHALA DIST-DHUBRI (ASSAM) PIN-78332 Advocate for the Petitioner : MD. K RAHMAN, MR. N. ISLAM Advocate for the Respondent : SC, ELEM. EDU, GA, ASSAM BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL ZOTHANKHUMA ORDER Date : 24-03-2025 No one appears for the petitioner on call. Mr. P Saikia, learned counsel appears for the respondent No. 4 while Mr. G Pegu, learned counsel appears for the respondent Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 6. The counsels for the respondents submit that the term of a School Management Committee (SMC) is 3 (three) years, in terms of Rule 13(1)(i) of the Assam Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011. They submit that the SMC was constituted on 17.11.2021 and as such, the SMC is invalid, as on date. In view of the submissions made by the counsels for the respondents, the Page No.# 3/3 writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. JUDGE Comparing Assistant