Page No.# 1/5 GAHC010024342026 2026:GAU-AS:3079- DB THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/1129/2026 PRADIP KUMAR KARMAKAR AND 11 ORS. S/O LATE MATI LAL KARMAKAR VILL- KHANABARI PONENAYANI P.O. BAGRIBARI, P.S. GAURIPUR DIST. DHUBRI, PIN-783349. 2: JAMIUL ISLAM S/O- LT. SONAULLAH SHEIKH VILL- BAGHMARI P.O. BAGHMARI P.S. SAPATGRAM DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM PIN-783345 3: SADHANA PAUL D/O- LATE NARESH CH. PAUL VILL- KHORAGHAT P.O. BARKANDA P.S. BAGRIBARI DIST.-KOKRAJHAR PIN-783348 4: ROSHIDA KHATUN D/O ABDUR RASID VILL- JOYPUR PART-I P.O. BARKANDA P.S. BOGRIBARI DIST. KOKRAJHAR PIN-783348. Page No.# 2/5 5: HALIMA KHATUN D/O- ABDUL GOFUR MUNSHI VILL- JOYPUR PT.II P.O. BARKANDA P.S. BARGRIBARI DIST. KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN-783348 6: JUGAL CH. BARMAN S/O- LATE FATU RAM BARMAN VILL- KHAR KHARIA P.O. JALABILA P.S. BILASIPARA DIST. DHUBRI PIN-783348. 7: LAYLA KHATUN D/O- LATE SAHAD ALI TALUKDAR VILL- RAJA PARA PT.II P.O. BAGRIBARI P.S. BAGRIBARI DIST. KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN-783349 8: CHAND MOHAN KARKAMAR S/O- LATE HARIPADA KARMAKAR VILL- KHANABARI PONENAYANI P.O. BAGRIBARI P.S. GAURIPUR DIST. DHUBRI ASSAM PIN-783349 9: SAYEDA ANJUMAN NEHAR D/O- MD. ABU BAKKAR SHEIKH VILL.- RAJAPARA PT.I P.O. BOGRIBARI P.S. BAGRIBARI DIST.- KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN-783349 10: SUJUNI KHATUN W/O- JOYNAL ABEDIN VILL- GEGHER ALGA PT.II P.O. GERAMARI P.S. GAURIPUR Page No.# 3/5 DIST. DHUBRI PIN-783339 11: TAHIRA BANU BEGUM W/O- SHAJAMAL TALUKDAR VILL- THURIAPAHAR P.O. KAZIGAON P.S. KAZIGAON DIST. KOKRAJHAR PIN-783336. 12: MONOWARA BEGUM D/O- LATE AFROJ ALIVILL- RAJAPARA PT.I P.O. BAGRIBARI P.S. BAGRIBARI DIST. KOKRAJHAR ASSAM PIN-78334 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6. 2:THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT.OF ASSAM SECONDARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6. 3:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6. 4:THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION KAHILIPARA ASSAM GUWAHATI-19. 5:THE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION KAHILIPARA ASSAM GUWAHATI-1 Advocate for the Petitioner : ANACLATAS AHMED, Page No.# 4/5 Advocate for the Respondent : SC, ELEM. EDU, SC, FINANCE,SC, SEC. EDU. BEFORE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. ASHUTOSH KUMAR HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER 27-02-2026 (AD Choudhury, J) 1. Heard Mr. A Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. NJ Khataniar, learned standing counsel for the respondent Nos. 1 to 5. 2. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is filed questioning validity of Sections 6(1), 6(2) and Section 8(3) of Assam Education (Provincialisation of Services of Teachers and Re- organisation of Educational Institution) Act, 2017. 3. The further challenge is order dated 04.02.2021 and 05.02.2021, whereby the services of the petitioners were provincialised as Tutors inasmuch as it is their claim that their services ought to have been provincialised as Assistant Teachers. 4. The learned counsel for the parties submit that the challenge made has already been negated by Co-ordinate Bench under its judgment dated 04.10.2024 passed in WP(C) 2729/2019 (Mohor Ali Sheikh and 22 Ors vs The State of Assam and 7 Ors.). 5. Accordingly, the present writ petition stands disposed of in terms of the judgment dated 04.10.2024 passed in WP(C) 2729/2019 Page No.# 5/5 (Mohor Ali Sheikh and 22 Ors vs The State of Assam and 7 Ors.). JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Comparing Assistant