DULU MANI RAJKHOWA v. SRI HEMANTA PEGU ACS AND ANR
Cont.Cas(C)/144/2026 · 2026-03-17
Manish Choudhury
Contempt Petitionbody2026
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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Cont.Cas(C)/144/2026 DULU MANI RAJKHOWA S/O LATE CHANDRA RAJKHOWA, RESIDENT OF HOUSE NO. 31, HENGRABARI, NEAR FOREST GATE, P.O.
HENGRABARI, P.S. DISPUR, DIST. KAMRUP (M), ASSAM, PIN-78102 VERSUS SRI HEMANTA PEGU ACS AND ANR THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, ASSAM PLAIN TRIBES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. GANESHGURI, GUWAHATI-781005.
2:SRI DILIP KUMAR DEKA THE CHIEF ENGINEER ASSAM PLAIN TRIBES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. GANESHGURI GUWAHATI-781005 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. L N DIHINGIA, MR. PAVLOV HANDIQUE,MR. A K SAHU Advocate for the Respondent : MR A SHARMA,
BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY
ORDER Date : 18.03.2026 Head Mr. P.K. Handique, learned counsel for the petitioner.
2. This contempt petition is preferred alleging non-compliance of the directions made in a
Page No.# 2/3 common Judgment and Order dated 19.12.2025 passed in two writ petitions, W.P.[C] no. 7076/2025 and W.P.[C] no. 6542/2025, preferred by the petitioner. It is averred that the copy of the Judgment and Order dated 19.12.2025 was duly brought to the knowledge of the respondents.
3. As by the Judgment and Order dated 19.12.2025, certain directions were made, this Court, on 13.03.2026, requested Mr. A. Sharma, learned Standing Counsel, Assam Plain Tribes Development Corporation Ltd. [APTDCL] to obtain instructions as to whether pursuant to the
Judgment and Order dated 19.12.2025, the respondent APTDCL authorities had complied with the directions or not.
4. Today, Mr. Sharma, learned Standing Counsel, APTDCL has placed an Order bearing no. PTDC/Engg/2024-25/376 dated 24.12.2025, an Order dated 02.01.2026, and the Minutes of proceedings of a Meeting held on 06.02.2026.
5. By Order dated 24.12.2025, the APTDCL authorities took note of the directions made in the Judgment and Order dated 19.12.2025 and cancelled the Work Order issued earlier to the successful bidder. By the subsequent Order dated 02.01.2026, the APTDCL had constituted a Technical Evaluation Committee consisting of eight members to evaluate the bids of all the four participant bidders for the contract-work under reference. The Technical Evaluation Committee so constituted by the Order dated 02.01.2026, evaluated the bids of all the four participant bidders including the contempt petitioner herein, in a Meeting held on
06.02.2026. Upon evaluation of the bids, the Technical Evaluation Committee found the bids of all the four participant bidders non-responsive and a decision was taken to recommend for invitation of fresh tenders from intending tenderers. The said decisions of the Technical Evaluation Committee are reflected in the Minutes of its Meeting held on 06.02.2026.
6. In view of afore-stated developments, this Court is of the view that there is no necessity to proceed further with the contempt petition. If the petitioner finds himself aggrieved by any of the afore-stated decisions taken by the APTDCL authorities subsequent to the Judgment and Order dated 19.12.2025, the petitioner is at liberty, to seek appropriate remedy, as permissible under the law. With the above observation, the contempt petition is
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7. Mr. Sharma has submitted that he will furnish the copies of the afore-stated Orders/Minutes to Mr. Handique.
8. The afore-stated documents placed by Mr. Sharma are kept with the case record marking it as the Document – ‘X’ collectively.
JUDGE Comparing Assistant