Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010235222022 2026:GAU-AS:4953 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/7405/2022 SANATH KUMAR DEB RETD. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, M.C. DAS COLLEGE, SONAI, S/O- LATE SATISH CHANDRA DEB, R/O- VILL.- NATUN BAZAR, P.O. NARSINGPUR, P.S. DHOLAI, DIST. CACHAR, ASSAM, PIN- 788115. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS. REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY AND COMMISSIONER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, EDUCATION (HIGHER) DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-781006. 2:THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI ASSAM PIN- 781019. 3:THE SECRETARY AND COMMISSIONER FINANCE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM DISPUR GUWAHATI-781006. 4:DEPUTY SECRETARY UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL OFFICE BANPHOOL NAGAR BASISTHPUR GUWAHATI-781038 Page No.# 2/3 ASSAM 5:THE PRINCIPAL AND DDO M.C. DAS COLLEGE SONAI P.O. SONAIMUKH DIST. CACHAR ASSAM PIN- 788119 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR S NATH, DR G J SHARMA Advocate for the Respondent : SC, EDU, SC, FINANCE DEPTT.,SC, U G C BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY ORDER 04-04-2026 1. The claim involves in this present writ petition is to arrear of salary amounting to Rs. 25,77,048/- payable to the petitioner, a retired associate professor of M.C. Das College, Sonai, Sribhumi. 2. Mr. K Gogoi, learned standing counsel for the Higher Education Department in reference to this court’s order dated 07.03.2026 submits that the payment has already been made. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that he has instruction not to press this petition as the payment has already been made. 4. In view of the aforesaid, the present writ petition stands closed. Page No.# 3/3 5. The sanction order dated 11.03.2026 for the aforesaid payment is kept on record and marked as document ‘X’. JUDGE Comparing Assistant