Page No.# 1/9 GAHC010281482025 2025:GAU-AS:17691 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/7346/2025 BASANTA KUMAR DEKA S/O-NABIN CHANDRA DEKA, R/O- VILL -- BORKA, DIST-- KAMRUP, ASSAM, PIN- 781101, SR. ASSTT, MADHYA KAMPEETH COLLEGE. 2: DONDA GOHAIN S/O-LATE ROTNASWAR GOHAIN R/O- VILL -- BHAGA GAON DIST-- GOLAGHAT ASSAM PIN- 785621 LIB. ASSTT GOLAGHAT PURBANCHALIK COLLEGE. 3: UTPAL KALITA S/O- HAREN KALITA R/O- VILL -- DUBJENI DIST-- KAMRUP ASSAM PIN- 781124 SR. ASSTT RAMPUR ANCHALIK COLLEGE. 4: DHAN KALITA S/O- JOGESH KALITA R/O- VILL -- RAMPUR DIST-- KAMRUP ASSAM PIN- 781132 JR. ASSTT RAMPUR ANCHALIK COLLEGE 5: BHABIT KALITA D/O- ARANI KALITA R/O- VILL -- RAMPUR Page No.# 2/9 DIST-- KAMRUP ASSAM PIN- 781132 GRADE- IV RAMPUR ANCHALIK COLLEGE. 6: NAGEN KALITA S/O- LATE BHATU KALITA R/O- VILL -- BALIAJHAR DIST-- KAMRUP ASSAM PIN- 781132 GRADE- IV RAMPUR ANCHALIK COLLEGE. 7: JAGANATH DOLEY S/O- AMAL DOLEY R/O- VILL -- JUGALPUR DIST-- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM PIN- 787052 SR. ASSTT TELAHI TUWARAM NATH COLLEGE. 8: DINAMONI NATH S/O- KHAGEN NATH R/O- VILL -- KHAGA DIST-- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM PIN-787052 JR. ASSTT TELAHI TUWARAM NATH COLLEGE. 9: JINTU NATH S/O- NANDALAL NATH R/O- VILL-- KHAGA DIST-- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM PIN-787052 GRADE- IV TELAHI TUWARAM NATH COLLEGE. 10: UMESH KAKATI S/O-KRISHNARAM KAKATI R/O- VILL -- KHAGA DIST-- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM PIN-787052 Page No.# 3/9 GRADE- IV TELAHI TUWARAM NATH COLLEGE. 11: DULAL CH NATH S/O- LATE DEURAM NATH R/O- VILL -- KHAGA DIST-- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM PIN-787052 GRADE- IV TELAHI TUWARAM NATH COLLEGE. 12: SURESH SONOWAL S/O- MONIRAM SONOWAL R/O- VILL --NATABARI DIST-- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM PIN-787052 GRADE- IV TELAHI TUWARAM NATH COLLEGE. 13: RUPAK NATH S/O- LATE JALIRAM NATH R/O- VILL-- ACHARIKHANA DIST-- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM PIN-787052 LIB. ASSTT TELAHI TUWARAM NATH COLLEGE. 14: TOPON SONOWAL S/O- LOKNATH SONOWAL R/O- VILL-- KHAGA DIST-- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM PIN-787052 GRADE- IV TELAHI TUWARAM NATH COLLEGE. 15: RANJIT GOSWAMI S/O- LATE TARUN GOSWAMI R/O- VILL-- KHAGA DIST-- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM PIN-787052 JR. ASSTT TELAHI TUWARAM NATH COLLEGE. Page No.# 4/9 16: BILAYET HOSSAIN S/O- HELAL UDDIN AHMED R/O- VILL-- NALIGAON DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781352 SR. ASSTT HARENDRA CHITRA COLLEGE. 17: BAHARUL ISLAM S/O- HABEZ UDDIN R/O- VILL--NALIGAON DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781352 SR. ASSTT HARENDRA CHITRA COLLEGE. 18: SHAHEB UDDIN S/O- MD MEHER UDDIN R/O- VILL-- KARAGARI DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781352 JR. ASSTT HARENDRA CHITRA COLLEGE. 19: BAHARUL ISLAM S/O- GAZIUR RAHMAN R/O- VILL--NALIGAON DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781352 GRADE- IV HARENDRA CHITRA COLLEGE. 20: BABLUR HUSSAIN S/O- AFZAL HOQUE R/O- VILL-- NALIGAON DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781352 GRADE- IV HARENDRA CHITRA COLLEGE. 21: JULHASH ALI S/O- HAKIM ALI R/O- VILL-- KAYAKUCHI Page No.# 5/9 DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781352 GRADE- IV HARENDRA CHITRA COLLEGE 22: MAHAMMAD ALI S/O- ABDUL BASER R/O- VILL-- NALIGAON DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781352 GRADE- IV HARENDRA CHITRA COLLEGE. 23: MD DELBAR HUSSAIN S/O- ABDUL GAFUR R/O- VILL-- KAYAKUCHI DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781352 GRADE- IV HARENDRA CHITRA COLLEGE. 24: SAIF UDDIN S/O- MOTOSIN ALI R/O- VILL-- BORDOLOI PATHAR DIST- HOJAI ASSAM PIN-782446 SR. ASSTT UDALI COLLEGE BAMUNGAON 25: ANJANA BARUA D/O- NARAKANTA BARUA R/O- VILL-- GOSAIGAON DIST- HOJAI ASSAM PIN- 782446 JR. ASSTT UDALI COLLEGE BAMUNGAON. 26: JUNUMAI BORAH W/O- MAHESH BORA R/O- VILL-- GOSAIGAON DIST- HOJAI Page No.# 6/9 ASSAM PIN- 782446 LIB. ASSTT UDALI COLLEGE BAMUNGAON. 27: SOLIM UDDIN TALUKDAR S/O-FAIZUR RAHMAN TALUKDAR R/O- VILL-- SALMARI GAON DIST- HOJAI ASSAM PIN- 782446 JR. ASSTT UDALI COLLEGE BAMUNGAON. 28: IMDADUR RAHMAN S/O- NAMAR ALI VILL-- BORDOLOI PATHAR DIST- HOJAI ASSAM PIN- 782446 GRADE- IV UDALI COLLEGE BAMUNGAON 29: HARA KANTA NATH S/O- MOHAN NATH R/O- VILL-- GUHA GAON DIST- HOJAI ASSAM PIN- 782446 GRADE- IV UDALI COLLEGE BAMUNGAON. 30: MASTUFA KAMAL S/O- MONTAJ ALI R/O- VILL-- LANKAJAN DIST- HOJAI ASSAM PIN- 782446 GRADE- 31: PRANJAL BORAH S/O- NARAYAN CH BORAH R/O- VILL-- BAMUN GAON DIST- HOJAI ASSAM Page No.# 7/9 PIN- 782446 GRADE- IV UDALI COLLEGE BAMUNGAON. 32: PINKU BORAH S/O- SONARAM BORAH R/O- VILL-- PIPAL PUKHURI DIST- HOJAI ASSAM PIN- 782446 GRADE- IV UDALI COLLEGE BAMUNGAON. 33: MUJIBUR RAHMAN BARBHUYAN S/O- MANIR ALI R/O- VILL-- BAMUN GAON DIST- HOJAI ASSAM PIN- 782446 SR. ASSTT UDALI COLLEGE BAMUNGAO VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHRS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI, ASSAM PIN-781006. 2:THE SECRETARY FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM DISPUR GUWAHATI ASSAM PIN- 781006. 3:THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI ASSAM PIN781019 Advocate for the Petitioner : MS N CHATTERJEE, MR. M DUTTA Advocate for the Respondent : SC, HIGHER EDU, Page No.# 8/9 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NELSON SAILO ORDER Date : 19-12-2025 Heard Mr. M Dutta, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. D Upamanyu, learned Standing Counsel, Higher Education Department appearing for respondent Nos. 1 & 3 as well as Ms. RM Barooah, learned Standing Counsel, Finance Department appearing for respondent No. 2. [2] Having regard to the nature of grievance projected by the petitioners, the writ petition is taken up for disposal at this motion stage itself. [3] Mr. M Dutta, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are non-teaching staffs in different colleges, which includes Senior Assistant, Junior Assistant, Library Assistant/Assistant Librarian and Grade-IV. The petitioners were recommended for provincialisation under the Assam Venture Educational Institutions (Provincialisation of Services) Act, 2011 (Act of 2011), and their services were provincialised in a phase manner in respect of similarly situated persons. In the meantime before the services of the petitioners could be provincialised the Act of 2011 was struck down and the State Government enacted the Assam Education (Provincialisation of Services of Teachers and Re- organization of Educational Institutions) Act, 2017 (Act of 2017) which was followed by another enactment in the year 2018 by the Assam Education (Provincialisation of Services of Non-teaching staff of Venture Educational Institutions) Act, 2018 (Act of 2018) and accordingly the services of the petitioners were provincialised. Despite the same, the petitioners continue to enjoy fixed pay only, while similarly situated other persons are getting pay scale. Page No.# 9/9 Similarly situated persons had approached this Court by filing WP(C) 5695/2025 and the said writ petition was disposed of vide order dated 24.09.2025 by relying upon the Division Bench judgment of this Court in Mohar Ali Sheikh and others Vs. State of Assam and others, reported in 2024 5 GLT 689. [4] The learned counsel therefore submits that the present case is also squarely covered by the earlier decision of this Court including Mohar Ali Sheikh and others (supra). [5] Mr. D Upamanyu, learned Standing Counsel, Higher Education Department appearing for respondent Nos. 1 & 3 also submits that the case of the petitioners are similar to those which were disposed of earlier and Court may consider passing appropriate orders. [6] In view of above, this writ petition is disposed of by directing the petitioners to submit individual representations before the Director of Higher Education Department with a further direction that if the case of the petitioners are covered by the earlier judgment of this Court, referred to herein above, similar benefits may be extended to them. [7] The petitioners shall file their representations, as directed hereinabove within a period of 10 (ten) days from today and the Director of Higher Education Department upon receipt of the same shall do the needful as expeditiously as possible. JUDGE Comparing Assistant