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2025 DAILYLAW 25592 (GAU)

JAYANTA KUMAR BARMAN v. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 5 ORS

Review.Pet./201/2025 · 2025-11-12

N Unni Krishnan Nair

Writ Petition (Civil)body2025

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Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010160722025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Review.Pet./201/2025 JAYANTA KUMAR BARMAN PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE, BELSOR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, P.O. BELSOR, DIST. NALBARI, ASSAM, PIN 781304 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 5 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE SECY., SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPTT., DISPUR, GUWAHATI 6 2:THE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI 19 3:THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS NALBARI DIST. CIRCLE NALBARI ASSAM PIN 781314 4:THE STATE SELECTION BOARD REPRESENTED BY THE SECY. SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPTT. AS CHAIRMAN DISPUR GUWAHATI 6 5:THE SCHOOL SELECTION COMMITTEE OF BELSOR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL Page No.# 2/4 REPRESENTED BY THE MEMBER SECRETARY OF THE BELSOR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL BELSOR DIST. NALBARI ASSAM PIN 781304 6:GANGADHAR BARMAN S/O LATE THIRO RAM BARMAN R/O VILL. KAIHATI P.O. SOLMARA DIST. NALBARI ASSAM PIN 78133 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. I H SAIKIA, MR K KASHYAB,MR. K KALITA,MR. B BORAH Advocate for the Respondent : SC, SEC. EDU., MR. D GOGOI (R-6),MR S BORTHAKUR(R-6) BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR ORDER Date : 13-11-2025 Mr. I.H. Saikia, learned counsel for the petitioner by placing reliance on the order dated 02-11-2025, passed by the Director of Secondary Education, Assam in compliance with the direction passed by this Court vide judgment and order dated 06-09-2024 in W.P. (C) No. 2776/2020 and W.P.(C) No. 6004/2022, submits that the selection process on being re-done, the review petitioner is now found to have scored more marks than the respondent No. 6. Accordingly, he submits that it is the review petitioner, herein, who would now required to be appointed as the Principal of the School in question. He submits that the respondent authority have not passed any consequential orders after issuance of Page No.# 3/4 the order dated 02-11-2025. He further submits that the review petitioner is staled to retire from his service on reaching the age of superannuation w.e.f. 30-11-2025. Accordingly, he submits that he would not be pressing this review petition in view of the order dated 02-11-2025 passed by the Director of Secondary Education, Assam but prays that the review petitioner be granted liberty to approach the respondent authorities for passing consequential orders, in pursuance to the determination as made in the said order dated 02-11-2025. The said prayer made by the learned counsel for the review petitioner is reasonable and accordingly, this Court proceeds to close the review petition being Review Petition No. 201/2025, granting liberty to the petitioner, herein, to approach the Director of Secondary Education, Assam for issuance of consequential orders in pursuance to the order dated 02-11-2025 passed by the said authority. Mr. S. Borthakur, learned counsel for the respondent No. 6 submits that he also be granted liberty to take appropriate steps for challenging the order dated 02-11-2025. It is provided that it is open to the either parties to take such steps for either compliance of the order dated 02-11-2025 and/ or to assail the same. With the above observation and directions, the present review petition stands closed. JUDGE Page No.# 4/4 Comparing Assistant