Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010007722025 2025:GAU-AS:1169 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/188/2025 DIPAMONI GOGOI AND 3 ORS W/O- SRI RINKU HALOI R/O- BHABANIPUR, NOONMATI P.O.- NOONMATI, PIN-781020 DIST.- KAMRUP METRO , ASSAM 2: KHUNJAMAYUM ANITA DEVI D/O- KHUNJAMAYUM SHYAMJAI SINGH R/O- H.NO. 6 B.T. ROAD ULUBARI MANIPURI BASTI ULUBARI P.O.- ULUBARI DIST- KAMRUP METRO ASSAM PIN- 781007 3: BINITA KALITA D/O- LATE GAJENDRA NATH KALITA R/O- SURYA NAGAR NOONMATI DIST- KAMRUP METRO ASSAM PIN- 781020 4: RINA GONJU D/O RAMESH GONJU R/O 243 CAPTAIN JINTU GOGOI PATH NEAR WATER SUPPLY KHUMTAI BAGAN BORUA KHAT GOLAGHAT ASSAM-78561 VERSUS Page No.# 2/3 THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 5 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE, DISPUR, GUWAHATI- 781006 2:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI- 781006 3:THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI- 781006 4:THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES HENGRABARI GUWAHATI-781036 ASSAM 5:THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES (FAMILY WELFARE) SWASTHYA BHAWAN GUWAHATI- 781036 6:THE MISSION DIRECTOR NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION ASSAM GUWAHATI- 78100 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR B M DEKA, MR R.AHMED,MS LR KHANAM,MR. M ALAM Advocate for the Respondent : SC, HEALTH, SC, FINANCE,SC, NHM BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER Date : 05-02-2025 Heard Mr. B.M. Deka, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. D Upamanyu, learned standing counsel for the respondent Nos.1, 3, 4, 5 & 6 and Mr. B Gogoi, learned standing counsel for the Page No.# 3/3 respondent No.2. The grievance of the petitioners are that though the petitioners have been working as Contractual Staff Nurse under the National Health Mission (NHM) at various Civil Hospitals/Public Health Centers, however, they were not called for the interview pursuant to an advertisement dated 06.12.2024 for filing up 636 numbers of vacancies of Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife (NHM) for the reason that they were above 40 years of age and maximum age was limited to 40 years. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as they have been allowed to participate in the selection process by an interim order of this court and they had also participated, accordingly, there is no surviving cause of action to continue with this writ petition and accordingly he submits that the writ petition may be closed. In view of the aforesaid submission, the writ petition stands closed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant