Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010208092024 2025:GAU-AS:15668 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Cont.Cas(C)/547/2024 TAPAN BARMAN AND 6 ORS. S/O. KANAK BARMAN, VILL. AND P.O. BARTALA, DIST. NALBARI, ASSAM, PIN-781138. 2: PUTUL BARUAH S/O. LT. JUBAN ALI VILL. AND P.O. CHENGA P.S. TARABARI DIST. BARPETA ASSAM PIN-781305. 3: DILJAN DEWAN W/O. MD. AFJALUR RAHMAN VILL. AND P.O. LARKUCHI P.S. MUKALMUA DIST. NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781138. 4: MUKUT ALI AHMED S/O. LT. AYUB ALI AHMED VILL. GOREMARI P.O. PACHIM MAZDIA P.S. SARTHEBARI DIST. BARPETA ASSAM PIN-781305. 5: NASIRUDDIN AHMED S/O. ABDUS SATTAR ALI VILL. GOREMARI P.O. PACHIM MAZDIA P.S. SARTHEBARI Page No.# 2/4 DIST. BARPETA ASSAM PIN-781305. 6: ALIBAR HUSSAIN S/O. LT. KALIMUDDIN AHMED VILL. AND P.O. LACHIMA P.S. MUKALMUA DIST. NALBARI ASSAM PIN-781312. 7: PRANJIT NATH S/O. LT. RAMANANDA NATH VILL. AND P.O. DAULASHAL P.S. DAULASHAL DIST. NALBARI PIN-781312 VERSUS NARAYAN KONWAR AND ANR COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (SECONDARY), DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6. 2:MAMATA HOJAI DIRECTOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-19 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR D C NATH, MR. M MONDAL Advocate for the Respondent : MR. D SAIKIA (R-1), MR. R MAZUMDAR(R-1),MR S M T CHISTIE(R-1) Page No.# 3/4 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NELSON SAILO ORDER Date : 19.11.2025 Heard Mr. D. C. Nath, learned counsel for the petitioners, who submits that the common Judgment and Order dated 12.04.2023 passed by this Court with the lead case being WP(C) No. 1353 of 2022 has not been complied with by the respondent and for which reason the instant contempt petition has been filed. [2.] Mr. S. M. T. Chistie, learned counsel appearing for the respondent submits that the respondent authority concerned has passed a Speaking Order on 18.11.2025, whereby, upon coming to a finding that the petitioners have not rendered six (6) years of continuous service as on 01.01.2017 counting from 31.12.2010, their service cannot be provincialised. Accordingly, the Speaking Order was passed in compliance of the Court’s direction. [3.] Mr. D. C. Nath, learned counsel for the petitioners, on the other hand, submits that this Court had indeed taken into consideration all aspects of the matter and thereafter passed the Judgment and Order dated 12.04.2023 and as such, it will not be open for the respondent to not grant the benefit of provincialisation to the petitioners. [4.] Upon perusing the Judgment and Order dated 12.04.2023 and also the Speaking Order produced by Mr. S. M. T. Chistie, this Court is inclined to close the contempt petition. [5.] However, the petitioner would be at liberty to challenge the Speaking Page No.# 4/4 Order by way of appropriate proceeding as may be permissible in law, if so advised. [6.] The Speaking Order produced by Mr. S. M. T. Chistie, shall be kept on record and marked as “X” for identification. JUDGE Comparing Assistant