Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010186422025 2026:GAU-AS:1994 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/4971/2025 MAHFUZA KHATUN ALIAS MAHFAZA BEGUM W/O- LATE KASMAT ALI SHEIKH, R/O- WARD NO-14, SOUTH COLLEGE NAGAR, BIDYAPARA, P.S AND DIST- DHUBRI, ASSAM, PIN-783324 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION (SECONDARY), DISPUR, GUWAHATI-781006 2:THE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-781019 3:THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS DHUBRI DISTRICT CIRCLE DHUBRI P.O. AND DIST- DHUBRI ASSAM PIN-783301 4:THE PRINCIPAL OF S.P HIGHER SECONFARY SCHOOL DHUBRI P.O. AND DIST- DHUBRI ASSAM PIN-783301 5:THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL (A AND E) ASSAM MAIDAMGAON BELTOLA Page No.# 2/3 GUWAHATI-29 6:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-06 7:THE JOINT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES CUM CHAIRMAN DISTRICT LEVEL ADMISSIBILITY BOARD DHUBRI DIST- DHUBRI ASSAM PIN--78330 Advocate for the Petitioner : MD. A HUSSAIN, MR. T ISLAM,MR. K ALOM Advocate for the Respondent : SC, SEC. EDU., MR. S K MEDHI (SC,AG (A AND E),SC, AG (A AND E),SC, HEALTH,SC, FINANCE BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KARDAK ETE ORDER Date : 12-02-2026 Heard Md. A. Hussain, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. P. P. Dutta, learned Standing Counsel, Secondary Education Department for the respondent Nos. 1 to 3; Ms. R. Dutta, learned counsel for the respondent No. 5 and Mr. D. Upamanya, learned Standing Counsel for the Health & Family Welfare Department, for the respondent No. 7. 2. The present petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondent authorities to release an amount of Rs. 4,37,839/- (Rupees Four Lakh Thirty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Nine only) to the petitioner towards the medical reimbursement bill in respect of her Page No.# 3/3 late husband, which was sanctioned on 23.02.2024. 3. Mr. P. P. Dutta, learned Standing Counsel, Secondary Education Department, by placing on record the communication dated 23.01.2026 from the Joint Director, Secondary Education, Assam, submits that the Inspector of Schools, Dhubri District Circle, Dhubri, has been requested to instruct the concerned DDO to draw and disburse the re-sanctioned amount to the petitioner through her bank account, after observing all prescribed formalities. Specific directions have been issued for payment in favour of the petitioner, namely, Mahfuza Khatun, wife of late Kasmat Ali Sheikh, Retired Subject Teacher of S.P. H.S. School, District-Dhubri, being the cost of medicines and other hospital charges incurred for her late husband’s treatment. 4. In view of the above and as agreed to by the learned counsel for the parties, no issued is survived to be determined in this petition. Accordingly, the writ petition stands closed. 5. It is needless to provide that the respondent authorities shall disburse the amount of Rs. 4,37,839/- (Rupees Four Lakh Thirty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Nine only) to the petitioner expeditiously and the petitioner shall cooperate with the concerned authorities so as to facilitate the process of disbursement. 6. The communication dated 23.01.2026 is taken on record and marked as ‘X’ for identification. JUDGE Comparing Assistant