Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010007602015 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/401/2015 INDIAN TEA ASSOCIATION and ANR A SOCIETY DULY REGISTERED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE WEST BENGAL SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT, 1961, HAVING ITS HEAD OFFICE SITUATED AT 6, NETAJI SUBHAS ROAD, KOLKATA -700001 AND HAVING VARIOUS BRANCHES INCLUDING A BRANCH FOR THE STATE OF ASAM WHICH HAS ITS OFFICE AT 295, MOTHER TERESA ROAD, GUWAHATI- 781024, IN THE DIST. OF KAMRUP M, ASSAM, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, SHRI ARIJIT RAHA. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 2 ORS REP. BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT, LABOUR RC BRNCH ASSAM, SACHIVALAYA, DISPUR, GUWAHATI- 781006, ASSAM. 2:THE LABOUR COMMISSIONER ASSAM HILDING OFFICE AT GOPINATH NAGAR GUWAHATI- 781016 INTHE DIST. OF KAMRUP METRO ASSAM. 3:THE ASSISTANT LABOUR COMMISSIONER NAGAON IN THE DIST. OF NAGAON ASSAM. 4:THE ASSAM CHAH MAZDOOR SANGHA Page No.# 2/3 REGD. OFFICE AT JIBON PHUKAN NAGAR DIBRUGARH-786001 ASSAM REP. BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY SHRI DILESWAR TANTI Advocate for the Petitioner : MS.B DAS, MR. P DAS,MS. N UPADHYAY,MR.D BARUAH,MR.N B P SINGHA Advocate for the Respondent : MR.S SARMA, SC, LABOUR & UNEMPLOYMENT,GA, ASSAM,MR.P KALITA(R-4),MR.A BHATTACHARJEE(R-4) BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL ZOTHANKHUMA ORDER 05.06.2025 Mr. D. Das, learned Sr. Counsel assisted by Ms. N. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the present writ petition has become infructuous in view of the Notification dated 05.10.2023 issued by the Principal Secretary to the Government of Assam, Labour Welfare Department. 2. Ms. H. Baruah, learned counsel on behalf of Mr. P. Nayak, learned Addl. A.G., Assam appears for all the respondents. 3. The Notification dated 05.10.2023 issued by the Principal Secretary to the Government of Assam, Labour Welfare Department states as follows:- “No. E200186/ : The Governor of Assam is pleased to enhance the minimum wages of the plantation workers in the State of Assam by an interim wage of Rs. 18/- per day w.e.f. 1st October, 2023 as was agreed by the stakeholders. Accordingly, the tea plantation workers in Brahmaputra Valley shall get an interim minimum wage of Rs.250/- per day from existing Rs.232/- per day and the tea plantation workers in Barak Valley shall get Rs.228/- per day from the existing Rs.210/- per day Page No.# 3/3 till further orders. The interim minimum wages for small tea garden workers will also be pegged at Rs.250/- per day in Brahmaputra Valley and Rs.228/- per day in Barak Valley in Assam w.e.f. 1st October, 2023 till further orders.” 4. The Notification dated 05.10.2023 is made a part of the record and marked as Annexure-‘X’. 5. In view of the submission made by Mr. D. Das, learned Sr. Counsel for the petitioner, the writ petition stands closed as infructuous. JUDGE Comparing Assistant