Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010026292018 2025:GAU-AS:2750 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/1495/2018 MUKUL KUMAR SARMA S/O. LT. PITAMBAR SARMA, R/O. JAPARKUCHI, NALBARI, P.O. TERECHIA, P.S. NALBARI, DIST. NALBARI, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. REP. BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-781006 2:THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-781019 3:THE SELECTION COMMITTEE REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN GUWAHATI COLLEGE BAMUNIMAIDAM GUWAHATI-781021 4:THE PRINCIPAL GUWAHATI COLLEGE BAMUNIMAIDAM GUWAHATI-781021 5:KAUSHIK HAZARIKA SON OF UNKNOWN C/O. THE PRINCIPAL GUWAHATI COLLEGE BAMUNIMAIDAM GUWAHATI-78102 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S BORA, MR. A GANGULY,MS J RAJKUMARI Page No.# 2/2 Advocate for the Respondent : SC, HIGHER EDU, MS. S G BARUAH, (R-3&4) BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL ZOTHANKHUMA ORDER 17.03.2025 Heard Mr. A. Ganguly, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. D. Upamanyu, learned counsel for the respondent Nos. 1 & 2; Mr. B. Boro, learned counsel for the respondent Nos.3 & 4 and Mr. H.K. Das, learned counsel for the respondent No.5. 2. The petitioner’s challenge is to the appointment of the respondent No.5 as Assistant Professor in English in Guwahati College, Bamunimaidam, Guwahati, with regard to the marks given to him during the interview. The petitioner’s grievance is that the marks given to the petitioner were too less and should have been more. 3. On the other hand, Mr. H.K. Das, learned counsel for the respondent No.5 has submitted documents to show that the petitioner is now an Associate Professor and as such, the writ petition has become infructuous. The two documents submitted by Mr. H.K. Das showing that the petitioner is now an Associate Professor are made a part of the record and marked as Annexure-X & Y respectively. 4. In view of Annexure-X & Y showing the petitioner to be an Associate Professor, the writ petition has become infructuous. The same is accordingly closed as infructuous. JUDGE Comparing Assistant