Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010002282025 2025:GAU-AS:8559 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/66/2025 PADMA SHARMA AND 9 ORS S/O- LATE KHARANANDA SHARMA, RESIDENT OF VILL.- BALIGAON, P.O.- BUROIGHAT, P.S. HELEM, DIST.- BISWANATH, ASSAM, PIN- 784179 2: SHRI DAMBARU BAHADUR CHETRY S/O- LATE RAN BAHADUR CHETRY RESIDENT OF VILL.- BALIGAON P.O.- BUROIGHAT P.S. HELEM DIST.- BISWANATH ASSAM PIN- 784179 3: SHRI KHIL BAHADUR CHETRY S/O- LATE GAJ BAHADUR CHETRY RESIDENT OF VILL.- BALIGAON P.O.- BUROIGHAT P.S. HELEM DIST.- BISWANATH ASSAM PIN- 784179 4: SHRI DAL BAHADUR CHETRY S/O- LATE TANKA BAHADUR CHETRY RESIDENT OF VILL.- BALIGAON P.O.- BUROIGHAT P.S. HELEM DIST.- BISWANATH ASSAM PIN- 784179 5: SHRI MANOHAR SHARMA S/O- LATE BISHNU SHARMA RESIDENT OF VILL.- BALIGAON Page No.# 2/4 P.O.- BUROIGHAT P.S. HELEM DIST.- BISWANATH ASSAM PIN- 784179 6: SHRI DHAN BAHADUR DULAL S/O- LATE RUP NARAYAN DULAL RESIDENT OF VILL.- BALIGAON P.O.- BUROIGHAT P.S. HELEM DIST.- BISWANATH ASSAM PIN- 784179 7: SHRI RAJA POKHREL S/O- SHRI BUDHI POKHREL RESIDENT OF VILL.- BALIGAON P.O.- BUROIGHAT P.S. HELEM DIST.- BISWANATH ASSAM PIN- 784179 8: SHRI CHAMPA BASNET W/O- SHRI RATNA BASNET RESIDENT OF VILL.- BALIGAON P.O.- BUROIGHAT P.S. HELEM DIST.- BISWANATH ASSAM PIN- 784179 9: SHRI GHANA SHYAM SHRESTHA S/O- LATE GOBINDA SHRESTHA RESIDENT OF VILL.- BALIGAON P.O.- BUROIGHAT P.S. HELEM DIST.- BISWANATH ASSAM PIN- 784179 10: SHRI JAY BAHADUR CHETRY S/O- SHRI KUL BAHADUR CHETRY RESIDENT OF VILL.- BALIGAON P.O.- BUROIGHAT P.S. HELEM DIST.- BISWANATH Page No.# 3/4 ASSAM PIN- 78417 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 7 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6 2:THE ASSAM STATE ELECTION COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ELECTION COMMISSIONER ADITYA TOWER 2ND FLOOR DOWN TOWN G.S.ROAD DISPUR GUWAHATI-6 3:THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6 4:THE COMMISSIONER OF PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PANJABARI JURIPAR GUWAHATI-37 5:THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER BISWANATH P.O. AND P.S. BISWANATH DISTRICT- BISWANATH (ASSAM) PIN- 784176 6:THE DISTRICT DELIMITATION COMMISSION BISWANATH REPRESENTED BY THE CHAIRMAN P.O. AND P.S. BISWANATH DISTRICT- BISWANATH (ASSAM) PIN- 784176 7:THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER BISWANATH ZILLA PARISHAD P.O. AND P.S. BISWANATH DISTRICT- BISWANATH (ASSAM) PIN- 784176 Page No.# 4/4 8:THE ELECTION OFFICER BISWANATH P.O. AND P.S. BISWANATH DISTRICT- BISWANATH (ASSAM) PIN- 78417 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. I H SAIKIA, MR. I H SAIKIA, MR. B BORAH,MR K KASHYAB Advocate for the Respondent : SC, P AND R.D., SC, A S E C,GA, ASSAM BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER 25-06-2025 1. It is submitted that the subject matter involved in this writ petition has already been decided in a batch of writ petitions by a Co-ordinate Bench in Asrof Kalam Azad Laskar & Others Vs. the State of Assam and Others reported in 2025 (0) Supreme (Gau) 467. 2. In the aforesaid writ petition, challenge made was to the delimitation process of Gaon Panchayats, Anchalik Panchayats and Zilla Parishad to be not inconsonance with the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994. However, such challenge was negated and it was further held that there was no infringement of any electoral right. 3. In the instant writ petition, the aforesaid delimitation process is under challenge. Accordingly, this writ petition stands dismissed in terms of the determination passed in Asrof (supra). JUDGE Comparing Assistant