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AMIT KR. DAS and ANR v. ASSAM STATE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING BOARD and 2 ORS

WP(C)/5839/2016 · 2025-06-12

Soumitra Saikia

Writ Petition (Civil)body2025

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Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010146562020 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/2019/2020 AMIT KR. DAS AND ANR. S/O. LATE MOHIT KR. DAS, R/O. LAXMI CHARAN ROAD, P.O. AND DIST. KARIMGANJ, ASSAM 2: SRI BISWAJIT DAS AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS S/O. LT. REBATI RANJAN DAS R/O. VILL. KANISHAIL WARD NO. 2 P.O. KANISHAIL PIN. -788711 DIST. KARIMGANJ ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 3 ORS. REP. BY THE COMMISSIONER, DEPTT. OF AGRICULTURE, DISPUR, GHY-6 2:ASSAM STATE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING BOARD REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN RAMAKRISHNA MISSION ROAD ULUBARI GHY-7 3:THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ASSAM STATE AGRICULTURE MARKETING BOARD RAMKRISHNA MISSION ROAD ULUBARI GUWAHATI -781007. 4:THE SECRETARY KARIMGANJ DIST. REGULATED MARKET COMMITTEE MAIN ROAD Page No.# 2/4 KARIMGANJ PIN. 788711 Advocate for the Petitioner : MS B DEVI, Advocate for the Respondent : SC, A S A M B, Linked Case : WP(C)/5839/2016 AMIT KR. DAS and ANR AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS S/O. LT. MOHIT KR. DAS R/O. LAXMI CHARAN ROAD P.O. and DIST. KARIMGANJ PIN. 788710 ASSAM. 2: SRI BISWAJIT DAS AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS S/O. LT. REBATI RANJAN DAS R/O. VILL. KANISHAIL WARD NO. 2 P.O. KANISHAIL PIN. -788711 DIST. KARIMGANJ ASSAM. VERSUS ASSAM STATE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING BOARD and 2 ORS REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN RAMKRISHNA MISSION ROAD ULUBARI GUWAHATI -781007. 2:THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ASSAM STATE AGRICULTURE MARKETING BOARD RAMKRISHNA MISSION ROAD ULUBARI GUWAHATI -781007. 3:THE SECRETARY KARIMGANJ DIST. REGULATED MARKET COMMITTEE MAIN ROAD Page No.# 3/4 KARIMGANJ PIN. 788711. ------------ Advocate for : MR.S DEY Advocate for : MR. N.J. GOGOI SC A S A M B appearing for ASSAM STATE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING BOARD and 2 ORS BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOUMITRA SAIKIA ORDER 13.06.2025 Ms. P Devi, learned counsel appears for the petitioner and Mr. N.J. Gogoi, learned Standing Counsel appears ASAMB. The learned Standing Counsel, ASAMB has placed before the Court an extract of the minutes of the Cabinet Meeting held on 10.07.2024 in respect of the approval of the proposal for VRS Scheme for regular employees and one time settlement/gratuity payment to contingency menial of ASAMB and re-deployment (of those do not opt for VRS) in the AFCSCL and Directorate of Agriculture, Assam. It is submitted that the petitioner opted for VRS Scheme and accordingly the VRS has been made affected from September, 2024. As such the writ petition as well as the interlocutory application have become infructuous. In view of the submissions made by the learned Standing counsel and upon perusal of the extract of the approval of the Cabinet decision placed before the Court as well as the pleadings available on record, the Court upon recording the submissions of the learned Standing Counsel ASAMB is Page No.# 4/4 of the view that the writ petition has become infructuous and therefore the matter should be closed. Writ petition accordingly stands closed. Pending IAs are also dismissed. Interim order if any stands vacated. JUDGE Comparing Assistant