Page No.# 1/9 GAHC010026552025 2025:GAU-AS:1726 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/863/2025 HABIBAR RAHMAN AND 19 ORS. S/O LATE SURUT ULLAH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- BHURAKATA, PO- RADHAMADHAB HAT, PS- MANKACHAR, DIST- SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR, ASSAM 783131 2: ABUL KAIOM SHEIKH S/O - LT. SOKIBAR RAHMAN SHEIKH VILL. - BHIMAPARA P.O. - HATSINGIMARI P.S. - SOUTH SALMARA DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783136 3: NUR MOHAMMAD ALI S/O - UPOZUDDIN JOTDAR VILL. - SHIALTARI P.O. AND P.S.-MANKACHAR DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783131 4: MASUMA KHATUN W/O - AKHERUZZAMAN Page No.# 2/9 VILL. - HATSINGIMARI P.O. - HATSINGIMARI P.S. - SOUTH SALMARA DIST - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783136 5: HAFIZUR RAHMAN S/O - LT. GEDA SHEIKH VILL. - BERABHANGA PT-II P.O. AND P.S.-SUKCHAR DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783128 6: ANARUL ISLAM S/O - LT. KANDU SHEIKH VILL. - FULERCHAR PT-II P.O.- FULERCHAR P.S. - SOUTH SALMARA DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783135 7: ATOWAR RAHMAN S/O - NUR MOHAMMAD MONDAL VILL. AND P.O.-FEKAMARI P.S. - SOUTH SALMARA DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783135 Page No.# 3/9 8: SAYED AKRAMUZZAMAN AHMED S/O - ABDUL WAHED MIAH VILL. - FEKAMARI PT-I P.O - KANAIMARA P.S. - SOUTH SALMARA DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783135 9: ATAUR RAHMAN S/O - ABUL KASHEM SARKAR VILL. - MAHANTAPARA P.O. AND P.S.-MANKACHAR DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783131 10: SAIDUR RAHMAN S/O - LT. ABDUL MOZID VILL. - KUKURMARA PT-II P.O. - RADHAMADHAB HAT P.S. - MANKACHAR DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783131 11: DIPANJALI SARMAH HAQUE W/O - FARIDUL HAQUE VILL. - NO.2 PUBERGAON P.O. AND P.S.-MANKACHAR DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR Page No.# 4/9 ASSAM PIN - 783131 12: MD. OSMAN GONI SARKAR S/O - LT. HABIBOR RAHMAN VILL. - DHARAKOBA PT-I P.O. - RADHAMADHAB HAT P.S. - MANKACHAR DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783131 13: MD. ABDUS SABUR SHEIKH S/O SUKUR ALI SHEIKH VILL. AND P.O. - MANULLAPARA P.S. - SOUTH SALMARA DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783135 14: FIROZ KHANDKAR S/O - LT. NAZRUL ISLAM KHANDKAR VILL. - SHARKARPARA P.O. AND P.S.-MANKACHAR DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783131 15: SK. MOZIBUR RAHMAN S/O - LT. ABDUT HAQUE VILL. - FULERCHAR PT-III P.O. - HATSINGIMARI P.S. - SUKCHAR Page No.# 5/9 DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783136 16: MOHOR ALI AHMED S/O - LT. ROSUL UDDIN VILL. - BAMUNPARA P.O. - MANULLAPARA P.S. - MANKACHAR DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783135 17: SUBADH CH. BISWAS S/O - LT. SUSHIL CH. BISWAS VILL. AND P.O.-FEKAMARI P.S. - SOUTH SALMARA DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783135 18: ROHIMA KHATUN W/O - SK. ALAUDDIN ABDULLAH VILL. - COLLEGE NAGAR P.O. - HATSINGIMARI P.S. - SOUTH SALMARA DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783136 19: ANOWAR HUSSAIN SK S/O - LT. GAZI MAMUD Page No.# 6/9 VILL. - KALAIR ALGA PT-I P.O. - KOKRADANGA P.S. - SUKCHAR DIST. - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 783128 20: KORBAN ALI SK S/O - EKKABOR ALI SK VILL. - KOKRADANGA PT-III P.O. - KOKRADANGA P.S. - SUKCHAR DIST - SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 78312 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, DISPUR, GUWAHAT-06 2:THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION (SECONDARY) DISPUR GUWAHATI - 06 3:THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI - 06 4:THE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI - 19 Page No.# 7/9 5:THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS SOUTH SALMARA DISTRICT CIRCLE HATSINGIMARI P.O. - HATSINGIMARI DIST.- SOUTH SALMARA MANKACHAR ASSAM PIN - 78313 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. M R KHANDAKAR, MR. A ROHMAN Advocate for the Respondent : GA, ASSAM, SC, FINANCE,SC, SEC. EDU. BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL ZOTHANKHUMA ORDER Date : 19.02.2025 1. Mr. M.R.Khandakar, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioners’ services have already been provincialised as Tutors, vide orders dated 04.02.2021, 30.11.2021, 04.02.2021, 04.02.2021 and 04.01.2021 issued by the Director, Secondary Education, Assam. He submits that similar cases have been disposed of by the Division Bench of this Court, the latest being the judgment and order dated 04.10.2024 passed in a batch of writ petitions, the leading case being WP(C) 2729/2019. He submits that in view of the petitioners’ case being similar to those petitioners in WP(C) 2729/2019, the directions passed in paragraph 179 of the judgment and order dated passed in WP(C) 2729/2019 should also be made applicable to the case of the petitioners herein. 2. Mr. S.M.T. Chisti, learned counsel for the Secondary Education Department, Mr. A Chaliha, learned counsel for the Finance Department and Mr. P.K.Borah, learned counsel appearing for the Joint Secretary to the Government of Assam submit that they will have to verify the orders dated 05.02.2021 passed by the Director, Elementary Education, Assam, to ascertain whether the petitioners’ case is covered by the judgment and order passed in WP(C) 2729/2019. 3. The only issue that has to be decided is as to whether the case of the petitioners herein is covered by the judgment and order passed in WP(C) 2729/2019. The prima facie view of this Court is that the case of the petitioners herein and the case of the petitioners in WP(C) 2729/2019 appears to be similar. However, to enable the State respondents to make a verification, with regard to Page No.# 8/9 whether the case of the petitioners herein is similar to the case of the petitioners in WP(C) 2729/2019, the State respondents are given time to verify the order/s dated 05.02.2021, by which the service of the petitioners have been provincialised as Tutors. 4. The above being said, paragraph-179 of the judgment and order passed in WP(C) 2729/2019 is reproduced hereinbelow, as follows : “179. It is true that the courts cannot direct the legislature to enact law in a particular manner. However, in discharge of its statutory obligation the Government, in exercise of its Rule making power, will have a duty to frame Rules for proper implementation of the provisions of the Statute. While framing the Rules, the State will also be under a bounden duty to, not only to act in terms of the scheme of the Act but also to unflinchingly adhere to the Constitutional norms of equality. It will, therefore, be in the fitness of things that the State Government itself, in exercise of its Rule making power under section 23 of the Act, takes necessary steps to provide for a regular pay scale to the Tutors, which can even be commensurate to the pay structure indicated in the Schedule of the Governing Act. Such a measure, in our view, will restore the equality of treatment to this category of Teachers with the other Government employees and at the same time will not become burdensome to the exchequer. We, therefore, direct the respondents to initiate necessary steps in the matter, in the light of the observations made here-in-above, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 6 (six) months from today. 5. Accordingly, the State respondents shall make a verification of the provincialisation orders of the petitioners and if they find that the petitioners’ case and the case of the petitioners in WP(C) 2729/2019 is the same, the directions passed in paragraph-179 of the judgment and order dated 04.10.2024 passed in WP(C) 2729/2019 shall also be made applicable to the petitioners. Page No.# 9/9 The entire exercise should be concluded within a period of 6 (six) months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. 6. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant