Page No.# 1/17 GAHC010145792025 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/4163/2025 CHABIN BASUMATARY AND 88 ORS S/O- SONARAM BASUMATARY, R/O- SRIPUR DEUR, P/O- PAMUAPATHAR, DIST.- BAKSA, ASSAM. 2: SHYAMAL HASDAK S/O- BAIJAL HASDAK R/O- PATHARBARI P/O- JAMBUGURI DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 3: SACHINDRA TALUKDAR S/O- MANINDRA TALUKDAR R/O- MADHAPUR P/O- MADHAPUR DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 4: KABITA BORO S/O- BHUPEN BASUMATARY R/O- BHALUKDONGA P/O- MEDAGHAT DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 5: MAKANI RAMCHIARY C/O- GANDHI RAMCHIARY R/O- GOLDINGPARA P/O- ATHIABARI DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 6: MALAYA DEKA Rajib Kumar Roy Digitally signed by Rajib Kumar Roy Date: 2025.12.15 12:38:35 +05'30' Page No.# 2/17 C/O- NAREDRA TALUKDAR R/O- NIZ NAMATI P/O- NIZ NAMATI DIST.- NALBARI ASSAM. 7: BINAD RAMCHIARY C/O- PRABHAT RAMCHIARY R/O- CHOUDHURITUP P/O- KAREMURA DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 8: JAYANTI BARO W/O- MEBLA BARO R/O- 2 NO SILAKUTI P/O- BARIMAKHA DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 9: BHARATI BORO C/O- NOMAL BRAHMA R/O- JARIPAR P/O- MERKUCHI DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 10: SURAJ KUMAR THAPA C/O- NAIN BAHADUR THAPA R/O- PAKRIBARI P/O- PAKRIBARI DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 11: PABITRA DAS S/O- NAKO DAS R/O- MAZDIA P/O- MAZDIA DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 12: NAMITA DAS BISWAS C/O- GANESH BISWAS R/O- HAHKATA P/O- MAZDIA DIST.- NALBARI ASSAM. 13: REETA RANI DEVI Page No.# 3/17 C/O-TARINI KANTA SARMA R/O- MATHURAPUR P/O- TIHU DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 14: KALPANA KALITA S/O- JITEN KALITA R/O- RUPDIGA P/O- HELENA DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 15: RAMILA BALA NARZARY C/O- BISWA NATH NARZARY R/O- CHABAIJHAR P/O- SOUDAR VITHA DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 16: SAFAR ALI KHAN C/O- MUZAFAR KHAN R/O- MOIRAMARA P/O- MOIRAMARA DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 17: MAMATAZ KHANAM C/O- ABDUL BAREQUE R/O- MAIRAMARA P/O- HOWLY DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 18: NABIN CHANDRA NARZARY C/O- LATHI RAM NARZARY R/O- THAIJOUGORI P/O- BETBARI DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 19: BHANITA DAS C/O- SANKARDEV RAJBONGSHI R/O- 2 NO DARANGAPAR P/O- DARAGAPARA DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 20: BAIJAYANTI ROY Page No.# 4/17 S/O- PARESH CHANDRA ROY R/O-DHAULIGURI P/O- CHANDRAPARA DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 21: RAMESWAR BASUMATARY C/O- NILESWAR BASUMATARY R/O- LOTAMARI 1 F V P/O- JOLESWARI DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 22: MAMUNI BRAHMA BASUMATARY C/O- AMIN BASUMATARY R/O-BANGLABARI BAGICHA P/O- MAGURMARI DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 23: PARBATI NARZARY S/O- NIRANJAN NARZARY R/O- SIMLAGURI P/O- DOTMA DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 24: PURABI PANDIT DEBNATH S/O- KANKAN DEBNATH R/O-MAYNAGURI P/O-SAKTI ASHRAM DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 25: PRADIP BASUMATARY C/O-DANDI RAM BASUMATARY R/O- BANGALDUBA PT-I P/O- DABURGAON DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 26: JASHILA BALA BASUMATARY C/O- RANENDRA NARZARY R/O- AMINKATA P/O- AMINKATA DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 27: RIJU BRAHMA Page No.# 5/17 S/O- RAJESH BASUMATARY R/O- AIBHANDAR P/O- KAMALSING DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 28: RAJO BASUMATARY C/O- SARBESWAR BASUMATARY R/O- 1 NO MALBHOG P/O- KACHUGAON DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 29: HASMAT ALI PRAMANIK S/O- NAFEL UDDIN R/O- JOREGAON P/O- KALIPOKHURI DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 30: ANATHI ISLARY C/O- DIPAK KUMAR BRAHMA R/O- KURSHAKHATI PT-I P/O- KALIPOKHURI DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 31: DILIP KR.ROY S/O- KESHAB CH ROY R/O- AMTULI P/O- CHITILA BHUBANNAGAR DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM. 32: KHURSHID ALOM C/O- JOYNAL ABEDIN R/O- TAMAKABARI PT-I P/O- GASHBARI DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. 33: SHAJAHAN ALI PRODHANI S/O- LT SHIRAJUL HOQUE PRODHANI R/O- DAMPUR PT-II P/O- ALAMGANJ DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. Page No.# 6/17 34: KHOSNA ARA BEGUM C/O- KHAIRUDDIN AHMED R/O- MOLLAPARA P/O- HOWLY MOHPUR DIST.- DARRANG ASSAM. 35: SOFIKUL HOQUE S/O- MD MIZANUR RAHMAN R/O- DHARMAPUR P/O- GHUGUBARI DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 36: TARIFUL ISLAM S/O- TALEB ALI R/O- MADAIKATA P/O-DHAPER GAON DIST.- KAMRUP ASSAM. 37: GAJEN KALITA C/O- DUKHURAM KALITA R/O- PUKHURIPAR P/O- MAHARIPARA DIST.- KAMRUP ASSAM. 38: KRISHNA KANTA THAKURIA C/O- UPENDRA THAKURIA R/O- GANDHIBARI P/O- GANDHIBARI DIST.- NALBARI ASSAM. 39: MAHENDRA MOHAN DEKA S/O- ATUL CHANDRA DEKA R/O- BETEGAON P/O- NAOKATA DIST.- KAMRUP ASSAM. 40: CHARU CHAMUAH C/O- DINESWAR CHAMUAH R/O- GAVARA P/O- DUNI DIST.- DARRANG ASSAM. Page No.# 7/17 41: KALPANA DAS C/O- DHANESWAR DAS R/O- GURMAW P/O- GURMAW DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 42: RAJU BASUMATARY C/O- MAHESWAR BORO R/O- GURMAW P/O- GURMAW DIST.- BAKSA ASSAM. 43: MILON SALOI S/O- JAMUNA SALOI R/O- BIHAPARA P/O- BIHAPARA DIST.- KAMRUP ASSAM. 44: ANIRUDDHA TALUKDAR C/O- UPANDRANATH TALUKDAR R/O- TATARKUCHI GAON P/O- DWARKUCHI DIST.- KAMRUP ASSAM. 45: PRABIN KR NARZARY S/O- MAHESWAR BORO R/O- BARDANGERI KUCHI DIST.- KAMRUP ASSAM. 46: REKHA RANI BARO C/O- HAREN BARO R/O- BARKURIHA P/O- TITKURI DIST.- KAMRUP ASSAM. 47: PAKHILA RAMCHIARY CHUTIA C/O- PRADEEP SWARGIARY R/O- DOLKUCHI P/O- DEULKUCHI DIST.- KAMRUP ASSAM. 48: MAINUL HOQUE Page No.# 8/17 C/O- IDRISH ALI R/O- SAHARIA PAM P/O- SAHARIA GAON DIST.- MORIGAON ASSAM. 49: BINA BALA RAY SARKAR C/O- DILIP KUMAR SARKAR R/O- BIJNI TOWN P/O- BIJNI DIST.- CHIRANG ASSAM. 50: PRASEN CHANDRA MANDAL S/O- PRABHAT CHANDRA MANDAL R/O- NO 2 BETBARI P/O- ALUKHUNADA BAZAR DIST.- CHIRANG ASSAM. 51: REKHA RANI NARZARY C/O- GANESWAR NARZARY R/O- KUKURMARI DIST.- CHIRANG ASSAM. 52: RABI NATH BASUMATARY S/O- HONGLA BASUMATARY R/O- NO 2 PATABARI P/O- PATABARI DIST.- CHIRANG ASSAM. 53: ALAKA BASUMATARY C/O- AKAN BASUMATARY R/O- WORD NO 3 KUKUMARI DHALIGAON PT DIST.- CHIRANG ASSAM. 54: NAGEN CHANDRA BASUMATARAY C/O- JINA RAM BASUMATARAY R/O- GALAPARA P/O- BOROBAZAR DIST.- BONGAIGAON ASSAM. 55: LAXMAN CHETRY Page No.# 9/17 C/O- TANKA BAHADUR CHETRY R/O- MADHAYAM SALBARI P/O- RUNIKHATA DIST.- CHIRANG ASSAM. 56: BIJOY KUMAR LAIFANGHARY C/O- PUREN LAIFANGHARY R/O- SHYAMTHAIBARI P/O- NEHRUBAZAR DIST.- CHIRANG ASSAM. 57: DHANESH BARMAN C/O- FATIK BARMAN R/O- SAWNAGAON P/O- MULAGAON DIST.- BONGAIGAON ASSAM. 58: UTTAM KUMAR MANDAL C/O- LT GOSAIDAS MANDAL R/O- NO 2 BHETAGAON P/O- BIJNI DIST.- CHIRANG ASSAM. 59: HEMALATA NATH C/O- UDHAB CH NATH R/O- 3 NO LARKUCHI P/O- RAMPUR DIST.- NALBARI ASSAM. 60: FULCHAN ALI S/O- MANIR UDDIN AHMED R/O- 2 NO KADHBARI P/O- KANDHBARI DIST.- NALBARI ASSAM. 61: PHUKAN LAL BAISHYA C/O- KESHAB BAISHYA R/O- KHAR KALDI P/O- BONPURA DIST.- NALBARI ASSAM. 62: MAINUL HOQUE Page No.# 10/17 C/O-LT PANDIT ALI R/O- BHANGNAMARI P/O- BHANGNAMARI DIST.- NALBARI ASSAM. 63: JINNAT ALI AHMED S/O- AKBAR ALI AHMED R/O- BHELAKHAITI P/O- BONPURA DIST.- NALBARI ASSAM 64: HAIDAR MIR C/O- LT MUKADDES MIR R/O- KHUDRAFALADI P/O- BHOGDIA DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 65: ABDUR RAHMAN C/O- LT SAHED ALI R/O- KUKAR PAR P/O- KHONGRA DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 66: MD SHAHIDUL ISLAM C/O- MD HALIM ALI R/O- KATHAL BHURI P/O- KHONGRA DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 67: BHAJAHARI SARKAR C/O- KULENDRA NATH SARKAR R/O- GANAKPARA P/O- MAKRIKUCHI DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 68: ANOWAR HUSSAIN C/O- MAHEJ UDDIN R/O- GARIA CHATALA BARGHOPA DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 69: MD MAINUL HOQUE C/O- ABDUL HALIM Page No.# 11/17 R/O- SONERTARI P/O- PASCHIM MAZDIA DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 70: MINNAT HUSSAIN C/O- LT MAHAMMAD ALI R/O- CHENGA P/O- CHENGA DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM. 71: SUFIYA BEGUM W/O- MD KHAIRUL AMIN R/O-SONERTARY P/O- PACHIM MAZDIA DIST.- BARPETA ASSAM 72: MANRANJAN ROY S/O- LT GAJENDRA CH ROY R/O-JHAGRARPAR PT-III P/O- JHAGRARPAR DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. 73: KAMAL UDDIN C/O- LT TOFIL UDDIN R/O- ROWA PT-II P/O-MADHUSOULMARI DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. 74: JAHER ALI C/O- AMIN FOYEZ UDDIN R/O-ADABARI PT-II P/O- CHAGOL CHARA DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. 75: HUSSAIN ALI S/O- SAKBAR ALI R/O- CHAGAL CHARA PT-I P/O- HAWRARPAR DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. 76: ABU USA S/O- NURUL ISLAM R/O-KISMATH HASDAHA PT-IV Page No.# 12/17 P/O-SAKTI KISMATH HASDAHA DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. 77: GITA RANI SAHA W/O- LT NARESH CHANDRA SAHA R/O- BILASHIPARA W.NO-13 P/O-BILASHIPARA DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. 78: AMINUR RAHMAN BEPARI C/O- AHAD ALI BEPARI R/O- SHERNAGAR P/O- BELGURI DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. 79: FATEMA KHATUN C/O- HASEN ALI BEPARI R/O- BALAJAN PT-I P/O- BALAJAN DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. 80: KHAIRUL HOQUE AHMED C/O- RANENDRA JOYNAL ABEDIN R/O- SENDURAI PT-II P/O- BELGURI DIST.- DHUBRI ASSAM. 81: MD. AKSED ALI S/O- LT- SHAHER ALI VILL- MOWAMARY P/O- CHARCHARIA DIST- BARPETA ASSAM. 82: MISS HARIMAYA CHETRI D/O- SRI HASTA BAHADUR CHETRI R/O- KHANIBARI GAON P/O- BURABURI DIST- TINSUKIA. 83: KRISHNA BAHADUR CHETRI @ KRISHAN CHETRY C/O- NAR BAHADUR CHETRI R/O- DEOPANI GAON Page No.# 13/17 P/O- BURABURI SAL DIST- TISUKIA. 84: NIKUMANI BANIA C/O- HARI CHARAN BANIA R/O- BHERUADAL P/O- DUNI DIST- DARRANG ASSAM. 85: ALAKA KUMARI DAS C/O- MADAN CHANDRA RAJBONGSHI R/O- KAHITALI DARRANG ASSAM. PIN- 784148. 86: MOMTAZ BEGUM C/O- NURUZZAMAN HAZARIKA R/O- MAJERCHAR CHALAKURA DHUBRI ASSAM. PIN- 783325. 87: KHABIR UDDIN SHEIKH C/O- OSMAN ALI R/O- MADAIKHALI DHUBRI ASSAM. PIN-783331. 88: IDRISH ALI C/O-LT ABBASH ALI R/O- HABLAKHA P/O- HABLAKHA DIST- KAMRUP ASSAM. 89: SHAHAZADA HASSAN C/O- R/O- NATUN CHARAIBARI P/O- KHAPORI KUCHI KAMRUP ASSA VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS TO BE REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6. Page No.# 14/17 2:THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-1 ASSAM. 3:THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT- BAKSA ASSAM. 4:THE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER (DEO) DISTRICT- BAKSA ASSAM. 5:THE BLOCK ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER (BEEO) DISTRICT- BAKSA ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. M H LASKAR, MR. S ROY,M. HOSSAIN Advocate for the Respondent : SC, ELEM. EDU, MR. S. BORA, SC, BTC, (R-3,4&5) BEFORE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROBIN PHUKAN ORDER 09.12 .2025 Heard Mr. M.H. Laskar, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. B. Kaushik, learned standing counsel, Education (Elementary) Department, appearing for the respondent Nos.1 and 2 and Ms. B. Bhuyan, learned Senior counsel cum standing counsel, BTC, assisted by Ms. B. Bora, learned counsel for the respondent Nos.3—5. 2. In this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have prayed directing the respondent authorities, more particularly, the respondent Nos.1 and 2 to provincialize the services of the petitioners as Hindi Language Teachers in their respective schools in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(1)(xi) of the Assam Education (Provincialization of Services of Teachers & Re-organization of Educational Page No.# 15/17 Institutions) Act, 2017. 3. Mr. Laskar, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were appointed as Hindi (Language) Teachers in various Upper-Primary (M.E.) Schools, which were established as venture schools in Baksa district of Assam. They have been serving continuously for more than 20 years and some of the petitioners are at the verge of retirement. They have been working without any fixed pay, only with the hope that their services would be provincialized in due course, as per law, by the State respondents in due recognition of their services rendered by them without remuneration. 4. Mr. Laskar further submits that the petitioners possessed the required qualification and they are also entitled to get the benefit of provincialization and that Hindi language is a compulsory subject, which is being taught in all Upper-Primary (M.E.) Schools in the State of Assam. Mr. Laskar further submits that the schools of the petitioners along with the teaching staff have been provincialized under the Assam Education (Provincialization of Services of Teachers & Re-organization of Educational Institutions) Act, 2017, but the petitioners have been left out and being aggrieved, the petitioners approached this Court by filing the present petition. 5. Mr. Laskar further submits that similarly situated petitioners have filed several writ petitions before this Court, being WP(C) No.5072/2021 (Monowara Khatun & 8 Ors. v. State of Assam & 3 ors.) and batch, WP(C) No.3477/2025 (Balen Engti & 60 Ors. v. State of Assam & 4 Ors.) and WP(C) No.2067/2025 (Md. Anowarul Islam & 11 Ors. v. State of Assam & 5 Ors.), wherein directions were issued to the petitioners to file individual representation before the appropriate authority for provincialization of their services within a period of 20(twenty) days from the date of passing of the order and it was also directed that on such representation being filed by the petitioners, the respondent authorities shall consider the individual case of the petitioners within a period of 4(four) months and since the present petitioners are also similarly situated with the petitioners of those petitions, the present petition may also be disposed of granting similar reliefs. 6. Ms. Bhuyan, learned Senior counsel cum standing counsel, BTC, for the respondent Page No.# 16/17 Nos.3—5 and Mr. Kaushik, learned standing counsel, Education (Elementary) Department, for the respondent Nos.1 and 2 submits that they have no objection if the present petition is disposed of by granting similar relief to the writ petitioners of WP(C) Nos.5072/2021, 3477/2025 and 2067/2025. Notably, the said petitions were disposed of granting similar relief like the petitioners in WP(C) No.3597/2021 (Alokesh Chandra Ray & Ors. v. State of Assam & Ors.). 7. Having heard the submission of learned counsel for both the parties, I have carefully gone through the petition and the documents placed on record and also perused the orders passed in WP(C) Nos.5072/2021, 3477/2025, 2067/2025 and 3597/2021. 8. The basic facts here in this case are not in dispute. The petitioners are serving as Hindi Teachers for last 20 years without getting any benefit and it is also not in dispute that some of the petitioners are at the verge of retirement. But, their services were yet to be provincialized by the respondent authorities. 9. It is to be noted here that some similarly situated teachers have filed one writ petition, being WP(C) No.3597/2021, which was disposed of vide order dated 17.03.2025, with the following directions:- “22. The petitioners are directed to file their individual representation before the appropriate authority within a period of 20(twenty) days from today. On receipt of the representation that may be filed by the petitioners as directed herein above, the respondent authorities shall consider the case of the petitioners individually within a period of 4(four) months thereafter.” 10. This decision appears to be squarely applicable in case of the present petitioners. Accordingly, taking note of the aforementioned direction and also taking note of the submission of learned counsel for both the parties and as agreed upon, this Court is inclined to dispose of this petition by directing the petitioners to file individual representation before the respondent authorities within a period of 3(three) weeks from today and on such representations being filed by the petitioners, the respondent authorities shall consider the individual case of the petitioners within a period of 4(four) Page No.# 17/17 months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. 11. The petitioners shall obtain a certified copy of this order and enclose the same with the representation to be filed by them individually before the respondent authorities. Comparing Assistant Sd/- Robin Phukan JUDGE