Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010200632025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/5170/2025 SRI RUPAM BARUAH S/O SRI BALKUNTHA SEAL R/O VILL- MOROWA P.O. MOROWA P.S. NALBARI DIST. NALBARI, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, REVENUE AND D.M. DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6. 2:THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM REVENUE AND DM.M. (LA AND A ) DEPARTMENT ASSAM SECRETARIAT (CIVIL) DISPUR JANATA BHAWAN GUWAHATI-06 ASSAM. 3:THE DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS AND SURVEYS RUPNAGAR GUWAHATI-32 ASSAM 4:THE SELECTION COMMITTEE REPRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN NALBARI. 5:THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER Page No.# 2/3 DIST. NALBARI ASSAM PIN-78133 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S K GOSWAMI, MR. R SHARMA Advocate for the Respondent : SC, REVENUE, GA, ASSAM BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : 08-09-2025 Heard Mr. S.K. Goswami, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mr. S. Dutta, learned Standing Counsel, Revenue and Disaster Management Department for the respondent nos. 1, 2 & 3; and Ms. M. Bhattacharjee, learned Additional Senior Government Advocate, Assam for the respondent nos. 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 petitioner was participant in the recruitment process. 5. Ms. Bhattacharjee has placed an Order bearing no. PER-36/490/2023/473 dated 28.08.2025 passed by the District Commissioner [earlier, Deputy Page No.# 3/3 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 prima facie rendered infructuous without any challenge to the Order dated 28.08.2025. 7. In view of such subsequent developments, Mr. Goswami, learned counsel for the petitioner has sought liberty to withdraw this writ petition in order to seek appropriate remedy to assail the Order dated 28.08.2025. The writ petition is accordingly closed, with the liberty, as prayed for. JUDGE Comparing Assistant