Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010063612024 2026:GAU-AS:13499 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Cont.Cas(C)/178/2024 ARUN KUMAR SHARMA S/O LT. TARUN CHANDRA SHARMA, R/O.- WARD NO. 1, JYOTI NAGAR, PATHASALA, DIST - BARPETA, ASSAM, PIN - 781325. VERSUS SMT. POMI BARUAH DIRECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION, ASSAM, KAHILIPARA, GUWAHATI - 781019, DIST - KAMRUP (M), ASSAM. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR B D DAS, MR H K SARMA,MR. H R DAS Advocate for the Respondent : MR. K GOGOI (R-1), MR S DAS (R-1) BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER 14-09-2026 1. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the parties that pursuant to this Court’s Page No.# 2/2 earlier order dated 27.03.2023, passed in WP(C) No. 5305/2016, a Speaking Order dated 05.06.2024 has been passed, whereby the claim of the petitioner for incremental benefit of salary and UGC Scale of Pay, based on his Ph.D. degree, has been rejected. 2. Be that as it may, the order dated 27.03.2023 (supra) has already been complied with. 3. Accordingly, the present contempt petition stands closed. 4. However, the petitioner shall be at liberty to assail the Speaking Order dated 05.06.2024, before the appropriate forum, if so desires. JUDGE Comparing Assistant