Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010188642025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/4850/2025 ANUP DAS MINING CONTRACTOR,NKD-B-15 NICHUKA MCA,S/O-PRITHURAM DAS,VILL-DUMURIA,P.O-BHOUKAMARI,DIST-BAJALI,ASSAM-781325 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHRS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI, ASSAM 781006. 2:THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST AND HEAD OF FOREST PANJABARI GUWAHATI ASSAM PIN781037. 3:THE ASSTT CONSERVATOR OF FOREST NORTH KAMRUP DIVISION RANGIA KAMRUP ASSAM PIN-781354. 4:THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER NORTH KAMRUP DIVISION RANGIA KAMRUP ASSAM PIN-781354 5:THE RANGE FOREST OFFICER BARPETA ROAD DIVISION BARPETA Page No.# 2/3 ASSAM PIN-781315. 6:THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER BARPETA ASSAM PIN- 78130 Advocate for the Petitioner : HAZARAT MIRZA ALI, P K BARUAH,MS N CHATTERJEE Advocate for the Respondent : SC, FOREST, GA, ASSAM BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR MEDHI ORDER 09.01.2026 Heard Shri HM Ali, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Shri RR Gogoi, learned Standing Counsel, Forest Department. This matter had come up for consideration on earlier dates, when time was granted to the learned Standing Counsel, Forest Department to obtain necessary instructions. Subsequently, the learned Standing Counsel of the Department has submitted that the order was passed on 15.05.2025 terminating the contract. Shri Gogoi, learned Standing Counsel has also placed before this Court a written instruction dated 07.01.2026 in this regard whereby the aspect of considering the reply of the petitioner not to be found satisfactory has also been incorporated. Though Shri Ali, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the copy of the order dated 15.05.2025 has not been received by his client, the documents placed before this Court would show that a copy was indeed marked Page No.# 3/3 to the petitioner. Be that as it may, this Court directs the learned Standing Counsel to handover a copy of the order dated 15.05.2025 to Shri Ali, learned counsel for the petitioner, so that an appropriate challenge can be made, if so advised. With the aforesaid direction, the present writ petition is closed. It is however made clear that no opinion whatsoever on merits have been expressed in this order. A copy of the order dated 15.05.2025 and 07.01.2026 are made part of the records. JUDGE Comparing Assistant