Page No.# 1/11 GAHC010269032023 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/4050/2024 THE CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOKRAJHAR AND 3 ORS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVT OF INDIA REP BY THE DIRECTOR DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN 783370 2: THE CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOKRAJHAR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVT OF INDIA REP BY THE DIRECTOR DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN 783370 3: THE DIRECTOR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOKRAJHAR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVT OF INDIA DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN 783370 4: THE REGISTRAR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOKRAJHAR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVT OF INDIA DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN 783370 5: THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOKRAJHAR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVT OF INDIA DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN 783370 VERSUS SANJIB NARZARY AND 5 ORS S/O SRI TARANATH NARZARY R/O VILL. ALONGMARI PIN 783347 P.O. DUMARIGURI DIST. KOKRAJHAR ASSAM 2:DHARANI KANTA ROY S/O LT. GUNADHAR ROY R/O SINGIMARI PART II PIN 783334 P.O. KISMAT HASDEHA DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM 3:ANTARYAMI PANIGRAHI Page No.# 2/11 S/O SRI GOURANGA PANIGRAHI R/O JADIDA P.O. ATTAPUR DIST. BALASORE PIN 756045 ODISHA 4:YACHANG OMO S/O LT. YACHANG LALI R/O DUTTA VILLAGE P.O. P.S. ZIRO DIST. LOWER SUBANSIRI PIN 791120 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 5:DR. OMEN PARON D/O ANKOM PARON R/O OPP. SHIV MANDIR NAHARLAGUN DIS. PAPUMPARE PIN 791110 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 6:DR. SAHALAD BORGOYARY S/O LT. TARANI KANTA BORGOYARY R/O NORTH KHAGRABARI PS. DOTMA DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTR ASSAM ------------ Advocate for : MR. S K MEDHI Advocate for : MR. V RAJKHOWA appearing for SANJIB NARZARY AND 5 ORS in WP(C)/6891/2023 SANJIB NARZARY AND 5 ORS S/O SRI TARANATH NARZARY R/O VILL. ALONGMARI PIN 783347 P.O. DUMARIGURI DIST. KOKRAJHAR ASSAM 2: DHARANI KANTA ROY S/O LT. GUNADHAR ROY R/O SINGIMARI PART II PIN 783334 P.O. KISMAT HASDEHA DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM 3: ANTARYAMI PANIGRAHI S/O SRI GOURANGA PANIGRAHI R/O JADIDA P.O. ATTAPUR DIST. BALASORE PIN 756045 ODISHA 4: YACHANG OMO S/O LT. YACHANG LALI R/O DUTTA VILLAGE P.O. P.S. ZIRO DIST. LOWER SUBANSIRI PIN 791120 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 5: DR. OMEN PARON D/O ANKOM PARON R/O OPP. SHIV MANDIR NAHARLAGUN DIS. PAPUMPARE PIN 791110 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 6: DR. SAHALAD BORGOYARY S/O LT. TARANI KANTA BORGOYARY R/O NORTH KHAGRABARI PS. DOTMA DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTR ASSA VERSUS Page No.# 3/11 THE UNION OF INDIA AND 4 ORS REPBY THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPTT OF HIGHER EDUCATION GOVT OF INDIA NEW DELHI 110001 2:THE CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOKRAJHAR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVT OF INDIA REP BY THE DIRECTOR DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN 783370 3:THE DIRECTOR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOKRAJHAR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVT OF INDIA DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN 783370 4:THE REGISTRAR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOKRAJHAR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVT OF INDIA DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN 783370 5:THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOKRAJHAR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVT OF INDIA DIST. KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN 783370 6:DR. GAUTAM CHANDRA ROY AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS SON OF SRI TIKENDRA RAY RO. VILL. CHOIBARI MAJERGAON DHUBRI ASSAM-783762 7:DR. RAJESH KONDAREDDY AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS SON OF LATE K KUTUMBA RAO RO. DOOR NO. 8-132/2 STUARTPURAM POST-BAPATLA ANDHRA PRADESH-522317 8:DR. AMIT KUMAR DEY AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS S/O SUBHASH CHANDRA DEY R/O VILL. SOBHAPUR RABINDRA NAGAR SIPAHIJALA Page No.# 4/11 TRIPURA-799131 9:DR. PRAKASH KUMAR NAYAK AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS S/O KALAKANHU NAYAK R/O ATRAFAKHAL SALEBHATA BALANGIR ODISHA-7670215 10:DR. ANUCK ISLARY AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS S/O KAMLESWAR ISLARY R/O KOLOBARI DANGAIGAON CHIRANG ASSAM-783380 11:DR. RAJIB CHETIA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS S/O MR. RAMANANDA CHETIA VILL-KALALUR DHEMECHI DIST-DIBRUGARH ASSAM-785675 12:MR. AVIJIT PAUL AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS S/O NIRMAL KANTI PAUL 209 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING CIT KOKRAJHAR ASSAM-783370 13:DR. BHASKAR SAHA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS S/O LATE SHANKAR LAL SAHA R/O PN DEB ROAD EAST SHIBNAGAR (KALITALA) AGARTALA TRIPURA WEST TRIPURA-799004 14:DR. AVIK MUKHERJEE Page No.# 5/11 AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS S/O NILANGSHU MUKHERJEE R/O B-11/38 KALYANI NADIA WEST BENGAL-741235 15:DR. SUBHAJIT RAY AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS S/O LATE SAMBHU NATH RAY R/O F/4 3RD FLOOR NORTHERN PLAZA 94 NORTH STATION ROAD AGARPARA (WARD NO. 9) KOLKATA-700109 16:DR. SHAFI KAMAL RAHMAN AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS S/O AMANUR RAHMAN R/O SONALUGURI RANIGANJ DIST.-DHUBRI ASSAM-783345 17:DR. KAUSHIK CHANDRA DEV SARMA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS S/O LATE HARISH CHANDRA DEV SARMA R/O HOUSE NO. 5 CHANDRA CHOUDHURY PATH BHETAPARA WARD NO. 43 GUWAHATI BELTOLA DIST-KAMRUP METRO ASSAM-781028 18:MR. MITHUN KARMAKAR AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS S/O SRI ATUL KARMAKAR R/O MILAN NAGAR WARD NO. 8 BARPETA SIMLAGURI BARPETA ASSAM-781313 Page No.# 6/11 19:DR. BORNALI BORA PATOWARY AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS W/O MR. D J PATOWARY HOUSR NO. 14 NEAR BORTHAKUR CLINIC AND HOSPITAL KHARGHULI GUWAHATI-781004 ASSAM 20:MS. NAMITA DAS AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS W/O CHAKRA DHAR DAS R/O INDRAPRASTHA APARTMENT FLAT NO.-502 TRIPURA ROAD JAYANAGAR CHARIALI KHANAPARA GUWAHATI ASSAM DIST. KAMRUP METRO ASSAM-781022 21:DR. TANUSHREE NAYAK AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS W/O DR. PRADIP KUMAR PATRA SAMALPUR BALIA BALASORE ODISHA-756056 22:MR. RAJASHEKAR M. HUBBALLI AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS S/O MALLIKARJUN HUBBALLI R/O LIG 83 SIDDALINGA NAGAR HUDCO COLONY GADAG KARNATAKA-582103 23:DR. RANJAN MAITY AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS S/O KRISHNAPADA MAITY R/O PADAMPUR DASPUR PASCHIM MEDINIPUR Page No.# 7/11 WEST BENGAL-721211 24:DR. GANESH CHANDRA ROY AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS S/O GOPAL ROY R/O SANKAIR BANIAL DAKSHIN DINAJPUR WEST BENGAL-733127 25:DR. SUNANDAN BHUNIA AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS S/O INDUNANDAN BHUNIA R/O C-4TH FLOOR VISHAL APARTMENT WARD NO. 6 NEW TOWN ALIPURDUAR WEST BENGAL-736121 26:DR. ARINDAM MUKHERJEE AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS S/O LATE ASHOK MUKHERJEE R/O 13 DINU GANGULY LANE MEDICINE MARKET WARD NO. 19 KHAGRA MURSHIDABAD WEST BENGAL-742103 27:DR. APURBALAL SENAPATI AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS S/O LATE CHANDI CHARAN SENAPATI R/O VILLAGE MANPUR HATIKUNDAR PURULIA WEST BENGAL-723101 28:MR. PRASANTA BARUAH AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS S/O LATE NAREN BARUAH R/O VILL-THALIPUKHURI BRAHMAJAN BISWANATH ASSAM-784172 29:MR. ABHIJIT DAS Page No.# 8/11 AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS S/O GAGAN CHANDRA DAS R/O ADARSHAPUR BYELANE-4 H NO. 18 KAHILIPARA KAMRUP(M) ASSAM-781019 30:DR. KESHAVAN RADHA KRISHNAN AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS S/O LATE A. KESHAVAN R/O 1/36 MIDDLE STREET KOONTHALUR ERAVANCHERRY KOONTHALUR THIRUVARUR TAMILNADU-609501 31:DR. DIPEN DEKA AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS S/O SRI HANGSHA RAM DEKA R/O HOUSE NO. 10 SAMANNOY BYELANE BISHNU RABHA PATH BHETAPARA BELTOLA GUWAHATI KAMRUP METRO ASSAM-781028 32:DR. ANAMIKA KALITA DEKA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS W/O LATE NABAJIT DEKA R/O VILL BARKURA BALIKORIA NALBARI ASSAM-781341 33:DR. MANASHI BUZAR BARUAH AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS W/O DR. PRANJAL KALITA R/O MANGALA NAGAR 3RD COLONY MANGALDAI DIST. DARRANG ASSAM-784125 Page No.# 9/11 34:DR. AGILE MATHEW AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS S/O PS MATHEW R/O THANUPARAMBIL HOUSE D.B COLLEGE-POTHY ROAD MIDALKUNNU PO.- THALAYOLAPARAMBU KOTTAYAM KERELA-686605 35:DR. SOUMEN MAJI AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS S/O KAPIL CHANDRA MAJI R/O VILL.- BHARATCHAK PATMOHONA PASCHIM BARDHAMAN WEST BENGAL-713371 36:DR. SANTOSH KUMAR AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS S/O SRI JAMADAR SAH R/O VILL.-PAIGAMBERPUR DARIMA DARBHANGA BIHAR-84712 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. V RAJKHOWA, MR A.J.SARMA Advocate for the Respondent : DY.S.G.I., MR. S P CHOUDHURY,MR. S K MEDHI,MRS. R DEVI (r-1) BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUMAN SHYAM ORDER Date : 08/04/2025 Heard Mr. S.K. Medhi, learned counsel for the applicants. Also heard Mr. V. Rajkhowa, learned counsel appearing for the writ petitioners/opposite parties. Mr. S.P. Choudhury, learned counsel is present on behalf of the newly impleaded respondents in the writ petition. This IA has been filed with a prayer to vacate/modify the interim order dated 01/12/2023 passed by this Court restraining the respondents from notifying any final order of promotion in terms Page No.# 10/11 of the process initiated under the notification dated 01/11/2023. Mr. Medhi submits that the notification dated 01/11/2023 was issued for the purpose of conferring the benefit of Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) to as many as 44 eligible employees. Since there are only 6 writ petitioners, hence, the order dated 01/12/2023 cannot come in the way of promotional benefits to be given to 44 departmental candidates. As such, there is no justification for continuing with the interim order passed by the Court any further. It is also the submission of Mr. Medhi that if the writ petitioners eventually succeed in the writ petition, then relief can always be moulded in their favour. Responding to the above, Mr. Rajkhowa submits the promotion under the CAS scheme sought to be conferred upon the private respondents is completely de hors the Rules and, therefore, if the same is permitted by the Court today, then it will not only lead to multiplicity of legal proceeding but the same would also adversely affect the interest of his clients. I have considered the submissions made at the Bar and have also gone through the materials available on record. It is not in dispute that the respondents are contemplating to confer CAS benefit to 44 employees. Such benefit, when implemented, would only affect their pay scale without there being any actual promotion. However, in view of the interim order dated 01/12/2023 passed by this Court, the entire process has been held up, thereby prejudicially affecting the interest of the eligible candidates. Considering the nature of grievance expressed in this writ petition, this Court is of the view that if the petitioners’ ultimately succeed in the writ petition, then, relief can always be moulded in their favour. However, if the interim order is continued, then in that event it would prejudicially affect the interest of the beneficiaries of the CAS process. Therefore, there is no legal justification for continuing with the interim order passed earlier by this Court. Page No.# 11/11 This Court is also conscious of the fact that 3 of the 6 writ petitioners have already approached this Court by filing application seeking to withdraw from the writ petition. Under such circumstances, equity and justice would demand that the interim order be modified and the respondents be permitted to notify the benefit under the CAS scheme, to be conferred upon the eligible candidates. Ordered accordingly. It is, however, made clear that any order passed in this regard by the competent authority, would be subject to the further order(s) that may be passed in the writ petition. IA stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant