Page No.# 1/7 GAHC010032492025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/914/2025 LAKHI LATA PATHORI AND 26 ORS. C/O- RAGHUNATH PATHORI, VILL- MISSA MARA, P/O- DEKAPAM, P/S- SIMEN CHAPRI, DIST- DHEMAJI, ASSAM, PIN- 787061 2: BIMALA BARMA C/O- HAREN BARMA VILL- BATASIPUR P/O- DARRANG DIST- SONITPUR ASSAM PIN- 784111 3: DIPUL CH DAS S/O- AMULYA CHANDRA DAS VILL- NO.2 AJAGARH P/O- PATHAKPUR P/S- MAZBAT DIST- UDALGURI ASSAM PIN- 784507 4: ABU NASAR WAHID S/O- ABDUL HYE VILL- PATIYA CHAPARI P/O- PATIA CHAPARI P/S- DHING DIST- NAGAON ASSAM PIN- 782122 5: SRI PRADIP MURA S/O- MINUA MURA VILL- PULISUMANI P/O- CHANALI Page No.# 2/7 P/S- BISWANATH DIST- BISWANATH ASSAM PIN- 784176 6: TAHARA KHATUN C/O- SAYED ALI VILL- DHARMAPUR P/O- DHARMAPUR P/S- ALOPOTI DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781308 7: MAJEDA BEGUM C/O- JOSIMUDDIN AHMED VILL- JAMALPUR P/O- DALGAON P/S- DALGAON DIST- DARRANG ASSAM PIN-784116 8: MD. HURMUZ ALI S/O- ANSER ALI VILL- AND P.O. BALIKURI P/S- KALGACHIA DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781319 9: BIREN DEURY S/O- HONGLA DEURY VILL- CHAULKARA P/O- NIKASI P/S- MASOLPUR DIST- BAKSA ASSAM PIN- 781372 10: RUPBHANU BEGUM C/O- SOHRAB ALI AHMED VILL- KHOLABANDHA P/O- KHOLABANDHA P/S- KACHUMARA DIST- BARPETA PIN- 781127 Page No.# 3/7 11: SAFIQUR RAHMAN LASKAR S/O. MASADDAR ALI LASKAR VILL. MAHAMMEDPUR PART-I P.O. RONGPUR SOUTH P.S. LALA DIST.HAILAKANDI ASSAM PIN.788163 12: AFJALUR RAHMAN S/O- KAJIM UDDIN VILL- BHATNAPATIR CHAR P/O- KADAM TOLA P/S- ALOPOTI DIST- BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 781308 13: LILY MAHALIA BORO C/O- SUNESWAR BORO VILL- UPPER PANBARI P/O- UPPER PANBARI P/S- DHEKIAJULI DIST- SONITPUR ASSAM PIN- 784110 14: SWMKHWR RAM BARO S/O- SISTI RAM BARO VILL- KAREMURA P/O- KAREMURA P/S- BARAMA DIST- BAKSA PIN- 781355 15: SAMUEL HEMBROM S/O- GOPIN HEMBROM VILL- HALDIBARI P/O- KASHIABARI P/S- GOSSAIGAON DIST- KOKRAJHAR (BTR) ASSAM PIN- 783360 16: SRI DAMBUDHAR MEDOK S/O- TELESWAR MADOK VILL- UJANI GIJJOYPUR P/O- JONEKARONG Page No.# 4/7 P/S- JONAI DIST- DHEMAJI ASSAM PIN- 787060 17: SAHERA KHATUN C/O- ALI HUSSAIN VILL- HAPACHAR PATHAR P/O- P. CHATALA P/S- KALGACHIA DIST- BARPETA PIN- 781321 18: ABDUL AZIZ KHAN S/O- NURUL ISLAM VILL- APARIA P/O- DHALPUR P/S- DHALPUR DIST- DARRANG ASSAM PIN- 784145 19: CHANDAN TANTI S/O. LATE RATNA TANTI VILL. TARAJULI TEA EASTE LINE P.O. RANGAPARA DIST.SONITPUR ASSAM PIN.784505 20: SRI BIMAL BARO S/O. RABI RAM BARO VILL. AND P.O. BAGANPARA DIST.NALBARI ASSAM PIN.781344 21: SIBLAL BAURI W/O. SUSHEN BAURI VILL. AND P.O. BINNAKANDI TEA ESTATE DIST. CACHAR ASSAM PIN.788126 22: KOHINUR KHATUN C/O- NURUL ISLAM VILL- JEKNUKURA P/O- CHARIA Page No.# 5/7 P/S- SHARBOK DIST-BARPETA PIN-781319 23: JOMILA KHATUN C/O- HAIDOR ALI AHMED VILL- SUNDERPARA P/O- JOMADARHAT P/S- FHAKIRGANGS DIST- DHUBURI PIN- 783330 24: MISS RAJASHREE GOSWAMI D/O. SATYABRATA GOSWAMI VILL. AND P.O. MAZBAT DIST. UDALGURI ASSAM PIN. 784504 25: SRI DILIP BASUMATARY S/O- LANDURA MASUMUTARY VILL- DROGACHUBA P/O- PASCHIM PATALA P/S- DIMAKUCHI DIST- UDALGURI ASSAM PIN- 784526 26: ABDUL MAZID S/O- GAJIBAR RAHMAN VILL-ROWKHOWA BOLLAPURI P/O- ROWKHOW P/S-LAKHIPUR DIST- GOALPARA ASSAM PIN- 783129 27: ASHOK KUMAR HAJOWARI S/O- BUDHIRAM HAJOWARY VILL- PONDHOROGAON P/O- BASHBARI P/S- KAZIGAON DIST- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN- 78333 VERSUS Page No.# 6/7 THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 2 ORS. REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6 2:THE MISSION DIRECTOR SSA MISSION KAHILIPARA GAUHATI-19 3:THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-1 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S B LASKAR, MD. S ALI,MR. H A LASKAR,MR. A S TAPADER Advocate for the Respondent : SC, ELEM. EDU, SC, SSA BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL ZOTHANKHUMA ORDER Date : 21.02.2025 Mr. S. B. Laskar, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be allowed to withdraw the writ petition. Mr. B. Kaushik, learned counsel for the respondent Nos. 1 & 3 and Ms. H. Baruah, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Mr. P. Nayak, learned counsel for the SSA submit that they have got no objection to the prayer made by the petitioner’s counsel, keeping in view the fact that not only does the writ petition suffer from 12 years delay and laches, but also due to the fact that the issue is a settled issue, in terms of the judgment of this Court passed in the case of “Swapna Hazarika and other vs. State of Assam and other”, reported in 2019 (6) GLR 641. Page No.# 7/7 The prayer of the petitioner’s counsel is allowed. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. JUDGE Comparing Assistant