Page No.# 1/11 GAHC010269202025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/6953/2025 FRANCISH NARZARY AND 35 ORS. S/O- DANDA NARZARY, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS, VILL- LONTIBARI, P.O- KOILA MOILA, DIST.- CHIRANG, BTAD, ASSAM, PIN- 783393 2: RWIKWM OWARY S/O- MENA OWARY AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS VILL- SUDEMPARA P.O- KOILA MOILA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 3: SAMBAL MUSHAHARY S/O-LEBARAM MUSHARY AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS VILL- SONAPUR LALAI P.O- MALIVITA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 4: SANJIB NARZARY S/O- JANATHAN NARZARY AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS VILL- BHURPAR P.O- RUNIKHATA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783375 Page No.# 2/11 5: SABEN CHANDRA BRAHMA S/O- BIPEN CH BRAHMA AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS VILL- BHOPANIPUR P.O- BHOBANIPUR DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 6: RONARD BASUMATARY S/O- LT. HORIROSH BASUMATARY AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS VILL- KOILA MOILA P.O- KOILA MOILA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 7: TIJEN NARZARY S/O- LT. BASIRAM NARZARY AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS VILL- LONTIBARI P.O- KOILA MOILA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 8: LWKHINATH BRAHMA S/O- KHAGEN BRAHMA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS VILL- NO. 1 KACHUBIL P.O- PANBARI DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783391 9: TAPAN RAY S/O- SASHI MOHAN RAY AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS VILL- PATILADAHA P.O- PATILADAHA DIST.- BONGAIGAON ASSAM PIN- 783391 Page No.# 3/11 10: MONORSING NARZARY S/O- LT. KANTESWAR NARZARY AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS VILL- SISUBARI P.O- KOILA MOILA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 11: SHIMA BASUMATARY WO MONSON BRAHMA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS VILL- PATAKTA P.O- PATAKTA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783360 12: KHANIN DAS S/O- JAGAT MOHAN DAS AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS VILL- BAGIDAWARA P.O- PANBARI DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783391 13: KANESWAR DAIMARY S/O- BANGA DAIMARY AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS VILL- RANGIJHORA P.O- KUNKARAJHORA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 14: SUDEM BORGOYARY S/O- BISEN BORGOYARY AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS VILL- NO. 3 OXIGURI P.O- AMTEKA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD Page No.# 4/11 ASSAM PIN- 783393 15: SIDWM MUCHAHARY S/O- MERGAM MUCHAHARY AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS VILL- NO. 1 BURISUTA P.O- PANBARI DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783391 16: MIJINK MOSHAHARY S/O- SANKAR MOSHAHARY AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS VILL- SUDEMPARA P.O- KOILA MOILA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 17: JONI BASUMATARY S/O- THAJIM BASUMATARY AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS VILL- BALAGARI P.O- AMGURI DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 18: TENNYSON NARZARY S/O- EDISON NARZARY AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS VILL- KOILA MOILA P.O- KOILA MOILA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 19: ANSUMWI MUCHAHARY S/O- ASHNI MUCHAHARY AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS VILL- MANDARGURI P.O- KOILA MOILA Page No.# 5/11 DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 20: LOKON MOHILARY S/O- MORENDRA MOHILARY AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS VILL- AMLAIGURI P.O- AMTEKA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN-783393 21: XAVIER DAIMARY S/O DWIJENDRA DAIMARY AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS VILL- KOILA MOILA P.O- KOILA MOILA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783393 22: HAIDUL GOYARY S/O- KAMALESAR GOYARY AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS VILL- UTTAR BURIKHAMAR P.O- PANBARI DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783391 23: FWRDAN BRAHMA S/O-SUJENDRA BRAHMA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS VILL- BORSHIJHORA NO. 2 P.O- DOTMA DIST.- KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783347 24: MANORANJAN RAY S/O- PHULEN CHANDRA RAY AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS Page No.# 6/11 VILL- SUBHAIJHAR P.O- SUBHAIJHAR DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783390 25: BIYAR NARZARY S/O- RUPA NARAZARY AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS VILL- AOJARGURI P.O- KOILA MOILA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN-783393 26: SUROJIT ISWARY S/O- SOBEN ISWAR AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS VILL- SOUTH GANDABIL P.O- KOILA MOILA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN-783393 27: BULU DAS S/O- BIRBAHU DAS AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS VILL- HAHKATA P.O- MAZDIA DIST.- BAKSA BTAD ASSAM PIN-781367 28: BUDBARI MUCHAHARY S/O- MIJING MUCHAHARY AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS VILL- CHORAIKHOLA P.O- KOKRAJHAR DIST.- KOKRAJHAR BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783376 29: NORKESWAR NARZARY Page No.# 7/11 S/O- LT. SUNIRAM NARZARY AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS VILL- NO. 2 OXIGURI P.O- AMTEKA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN-783393 30: DHARMENDRA CHOUHAN S/O- SURJYABHAN CHOUHAN AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS VILL- NO. 3 CHIKAJHORA P.O- BHOTAGAON DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 78330 31: SWMDWM BRAHMA S/O- TILOK BRAHMA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS VILL- GWJWNPURI P.O- DHALIGAON DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN-783385 32: DEBANON NARZARY S/O- JITEN NARZARY AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS VILL- SIMLAGURI P.O- AMGURI DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN-783393 33: SUDEM BRAHMA S/O- RAJESWAR BRAHMA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS VILL- OUGURI P.O- OUGURI DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN-783394 Page No.# 8/11 34: NIJWM BORGOYARY S/O- LT. DABLA BORGOYARY AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS VILL- BOROSALANGI P.O- AMTEKA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN-783393 35: KHAGEN RAY S/O- DHIREN RAY AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS VILL- PADMAPUR P.O- SIDLI DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN- 783386 36: UTTAM NARZARY S/O- SUMEL NARZARY AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS VILL- LALAI SONAPUR P.O- MALIVITA DIST.- CHIRANG BTAD ASSAM PIN-78339 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 10 ORS. REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY, ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, ASSAM, GUWAHATI- 6. 2:THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST ASSAM REHABARI GUWAHATI-8. 3:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPARTMENT DISPUR Page No.# 9/11 GUWAHATI-6. 4:THE BODOLAND TERRITORIAL COUNCIL (BTC) REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN-783370 5:THE SECRETARY FOREST DEPARTMENT BTC ASSAM PIN-783370 6:THE COUNCIL HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREST BTC KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN-783370 7:THE CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST BTC KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN-783370 8:ADDL PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST CUM COUNCIL HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT FOREST BTC KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN-783370 9:THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER CHIRANG DIVISION KAJALGAON CHIRANG BTR ASSAM PIN783385 10:FOREST RANGE OFFICER AMTEKA RANGE KOILA MOILA Page No.# 10/11 CHIRANG PIN-78339 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A BORO, MS TOSHISENLA,MR H P GUWALA Advocate for the Respondent : SC, FOREST, SC, BTC,SC, FINANCE BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOUMITRA SAIKIA ORDER 08.12 .2025 Heard Mr. A. Boro, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Ms. N. Choudhury, learned Standing Counsel, BTC. 2. The case of the petitioners is that due to shortage of manpower between the period of 2006-2007, they have been engaged as casual workers for protection of Forest & Wildlife under Chirang Division, Kajalgaon, BTC. Even since their engagement, they have been working as such till date but have been paid only a meager sum of fixed wages. It is the case of the petitioners that they are entitled to get the benefit of minimum pay scale in terms of the decisions rendered by a Division Bench of this Court in “State of Assam Vs. Shri. Upen Das” reported in 2020 (5) GLT 605. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the respondent authorities have duly admitted that the petitioners have been rendering their services, under the Chirang Division, Kajalgaon, BTC since 2006-2007. Therefore, the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that since there is no dispute, a direction may be issued to the respondent authorities to pay the petitioners a minimum scale of pay in terms of “Upen Das (supra)”. Page No.# 11/11 4. Ms. N. Choudhury, learned Standing Counsel, BTC on the other hand submits that the petitioners are only engaged on casual basis and since it is not a substantive appointment, there is no question of granting them the pay scale as claimed by them. It may, however, be seen that the directions passed by the Division Bench of this Court in “Upen Das (supra)” is that all such Muster Roll Workers, Worked Charge Workers and similarly placed employees working since the last more than 10 years and not in a sanctioned post should be granted the minimum of pay scale w.e.f. 01.08.2017. Admittedly, the petitioners in the present case are not working against a sanctioned post but are engaged as casual workers since 2006-2007 which has not been disputed by the respondents. 5. Considering the same, the respondent authorities are directed to grant the petitioners the benefit of minimum pay scale in terms of “Upen Das (supra)”. Before granting them such benefit, the respondents will make necessary verifications so as to ascertain the entitlement of the benefits of the petitioners to be conferred in terms of “Upen Das (supra)”. The petitioners be afforded the minimum pay scale as directed note above as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of 3 (three) months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. 6. This writ petition accordingly stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant