Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010063882026 2026:GAU-AS:4641 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/1880/2026 DR ANURUDHAY BAYAN S/O- PREM NATH BAYAN, R/O- BARPETA TOWN, GALIYA HATI, G.C. LANE WARD NO.9,, DISTRICT- BARPETA, ASSAM, PIN- 781301 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 7 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-06 2:THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-19 3:GOVERNING BODY OF MADHYA KAMRUP COLLEGE SUBHA REPRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT P.O.- CHENGA DISTRICT- BARPETA PIN- 781305 4:PRINCIPAL MADHYA KAMRUP COLLEGE SUBHA P.O.- CHENGA DISTRICT- BARPETA PIN- 781305 5:PROMOTIONAL SCREENING COMMITTEE HELD ON 10/03/2026 FOR PROMOTION OF THE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (SELECTION GRADE/ACADEMIC LEVEL 12) TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (ACADEMIC LEVEL 13A) REPRESENTED BY THE CHAIRMAN MADHYA KAMRUP COLLEGE Page No.# 2/4 SUBHA P.O.- CHENGA DISTRICT- BARPETA PIN- 781305 6:RITAMONI BAISHYA SUBJECT-EXPERT PROMOTIONAL SCREENING COMMITTEE HELD ON 10/03/2026 FOR PROMOTION OF THE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (SELECTION GRADE/ACADEMIC LEVEL 12) TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (ACADEMIC LEVEL 13A) REPRESENTED BY THE CHAIRMAN MADHYA KAMRUP COLLEGE SUBHA P.O.- CHENGA DISTRICT- BARPETA PIN- 781305 7:KUSHUM KUNJA MALAKAR SUBJECT-EXPERT PROMOTIONAL SCREENING COMMITTEE HELD ON 10/03/2026 FOR PROMOTION OF THE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (SELECTION GRADE/ACADEMIC LEVEL 12) TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (ACADEMIC LEVEL 13A) REPRESENTED BY THE CHAIRMAN MADHYA KAMRUP COLLEGE SUBHA P.O.- CHENGA DISTRICT- BARPETA PIN- 781305 8:HARENDRA NATH TALUKDAR PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY AS WELL AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PROMOTIONAL SCREENING COMMITTEE HELD ON 10/03/2026 MADHYA KAMRUP COLLEGE SUBHA P.O.- CHENGA DISTRICT- BARPETA PIN- 78130 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. P MAHANTA, C SARMA,MS. P SAHARIA Advocate for the Respondent : SC, HIGHER EDU, Page No.# 3/4 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NELSON SAILO ORDER Date : 01-04-2026 Heard Mr. P Mahanta, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. D Upamanyu, learned counsel for the respondent No. 1. [2.] By filing this writ petition, the petitioner is aggrieved with the decision of the Promotional Screening Committee which was held on 10.03.2026 for considering promotion of the petitioner under the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS). The petitioner is an Associate Professor (Selection Grade) at Level 11-12 and aspires to be promoted to the post of Associate Professor at Level 13-A. [3.] The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the criteria for promotion through CAS has been provided by the Government of Assam in the Higher Education Department through Office Memorandum dated 13.06.2025, wherein the minimum API score required for promotion is 45 per assessment period. The petitioner contends that he has come to learn from a reliable source that he has only been given 40 API score and therefore, he will not be eligible to be promoted as Associate Professor at Level 13-A. [4.] Mr. P Mahanta, learned counsel has drawn the attention of this Court to the service particulars of the petitioner which is uploaded in the Assam State Higher Education Portal wherein in respect of the publication and other research papers, the petitioner has been shown to have published 8 (eight) books and for which he is shown to have scored 8 (eight) marks each totaling to 64 (sixty four). While such is the position, the petitioner contends that the score given to him in the API is only 40 (forty). Page No.# 4/4 [5.] Upon being asked, as to whether the final score and the results of the selection has been published and intimated to the petitioner, Mr. P Mahanta, learned counsel submits that the petitioner has been informed that the proceedings of the selection will be placed before the Governing Body and it is only then that the final result will be intimated to the petitioner. Also any application seeking the API score of the petitioner will be available only after the Governing Body meets. [6.] Considering the above position, this Court finds the writ petition to be pre- mature and therefore, is not inclined to entertain this writ petition at this stage. Although Mr. P Mahanta, learned counsel prays for a direction to the Governing Body to have an early sitting, this Court would not like to give such a direction in the absence of any accrued right or any specific provision by which a timeframe has been fixed for holding Governing Body. [7.] Accordingly, the writ petition stands closed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant