Page No.# 1/6 GAHC010000932021 2026:GAU-AS:2167 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/206/2021 ANURADHA SAIKIA D/O LATE JADAV CHANDRA SAIKIA, R/O H/NO. 21 2ND FLOOR, BRINDABAN PATH, RUPNAGAR, GUWAHATI, DIST. KAMRUP (M), ASSAM, PIN 781032 VERSUS THE INDUSTRIAL CO OPERATIVE BANK LTD AND 3 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, HAVING ITS HEAD OFFICE AT S.S. ROAD, LAKHTOKIA, GUWAHATI 781001, KAMRUP (M), ASSAM. 2:THE MANAGING DIRECTOR THE INDUSTRIAL CO OPERATIVE BANK LTD. HAVING ITS HEAD OFFICE AT S.S. ROAD LAKHTOKIA GUWAHATI 781001 KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 3:THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECY. TO GOVT. OF ASSAM CO-OPERATIVE DEPTT. DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006 KAMRUP (M) ASSAM. 4:THE REGISTRAR OF CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES Page No.# 2/6 GOVT. OF ASSAM HAVING ITS OFFICE AT AGRICULTURE OFFICE COMPLEX SAMABAI BHABAN KHANAPARA GUWAHATI 781022 KAMRUP (M) ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A CHAMUAH, MR. B KONWAR,MS. T GHOSH,MRS. K BARPUZARI Advocate for the Respondent : SC, CO OP, MS S DAS,MR R B GOSWAMI (R 3 & 4),MS S DAS (R 1 & 2),MR. P N GOSWAMI (R-1,2),MR. K P PATHAK (R-1,2) Linked Case : WP(C)/4346/2021 PALLABI KALITA W/O- SRI LUIT TALUKDAR R/O- FLAT NO-201 PHASE-II BLOCK-B RAJDHANI APARTMENT GANESHGURI GHY P.S. DISPUR DIST.- KAMRUP (M) ASSAM PIN- 781006 VERSUS THE INDUSTRIAL CO OPERATIVE BANK LTD AND 3 ORS REP. BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR HAVING ITS HEAD OFFICE AT S.S.ROAD LAKHTOKIA GHY-01 KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 2:THE MANAGING DIRECTOR THE INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. HAVING ITS HEAD OFFICE AT S.S.ROAD LAKHTOKIA Page No.# 3/6 GHY-01 KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 3:THE STATE OF ASSAM REP. BY THE COMM. AND SECY. TO GOVT. OF ASSAM CO-OPERATIVE DEPTT. DISPUR GHY-06 KAMRUP (M) ASSAM 4:THE REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES GOVT. OF ASSAM HAVING ITS OFFICE AT AGRICULTURE OFFICE COMPLEX SAMABAI BHABAN KHANAPARA GHY-22 KAMRUP (M) ASSAM ------------ Advocate for : MR. A CHAMUAH Advocate for : GA ASSAM appearing for THE INDUSTRIAL CO OPERATIVE BANK LTD AND 3 ORS Linked Case : WP(C)/3961/2021 GOKUL TALUKDAR S/O- LATE GOPINATH TALUKDAR R/O- H/NO. 3 1ST BYE LANE (A.K. BHATTA PATH) FIRM GATE JANA PATH KHANAPARA GUWAHATI- 781022 DIST.- KAMRUP(M) ASSAM VERSUS THE INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED AND 6 ORS. REP. BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR HAVING ITS OFFICE AT S.S. ROAD LAKHTOKIA Page No.# 4/6 GUWAHATI- 781001 KAMRUP(M) ASSAM 2:THE MANAGING DIRECTOR THE INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED HAVING ITS HEAD OFFICE AT S.S. ROAD LAKHTOKIA GUWAHATI- 781001 KAMRUP(M) ASSAM. 3:THE STATE OF ASSAM REP. BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO GOVT. OF ASSAM CO-OPERATIVE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI- 781006 KAMRUP(M) ASSAM 4:THE REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES GOVT. OF ASSAM HAVING ITS OFFICE AT AGRICULTURE OFFICE COMPLEX SAMABAI BHABAN KHANAPARA GUWAHATI- 781022 KAMRUP(M) ASSAM 5:SUBHRAJYOTI BHARALI MANAGING DIRECTOR THE INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED HAVING ITS HEAD OFFICE AT S.S. ROAD LAKHTOKIA GUWAHATI- 781001 KAMRUP(M) ASSAM 6:GANESH DEKA THE INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED HAVING ITS HEAD OFFICE AT S.S. ROAD LAKHTOKIA GUWAHATI- 781001 KAMRUP(M) ASSAM. 7:RAJESWAR DAS THE INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED Page No.# 5/6 HAVING ITS HEAD OFFICE AT S.S. ROAD LAKHTOKIA GUWAHATI- 781001 DIST.- KAMRUP(M) ASSAM ------------ Advocate for : MR. A CHAMUAH Advocate for : SC CO OP appearing for THE INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED AND 6 ORS. BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR ORDER Date : 23.03.2026 Heard Dr. A Chamuah, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Ms. M Basumatary, learned standing counsel, Industrial Cooperative Bank Ltd. appearing for respondent nos. 1 & 2 and Mr. P Phukan, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 3 & 4. 2. Dr. A Chamuah, learned counsel for the petitioner, after attempting to argue the matter at some length, has submitted that in view of the preliminary objection taken with regard to the maintainability of the present writ petition before this Court, considering that the Industrial Cooperative Bank Ltd. is not a bank constituted by the Government under any statute, but, is a Bank operating under the provisions of the Assam Cooperative Societies Act, 2007, the issue being one of a dispute between the employer and the employee, the present writ petition may not be maintainable. Accordingly, he prays that he be permitted to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to approach the appropriate forum for redressal of the grievance raised in the present proceedings by the petitioner. 3. The learned counsel for the respondents have not objected to the prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. In view of the above, the present writ petition stands dismissed on Page No.# 6/6 withdrawal. However, liberty is granted to the petitioners to approach the appropriate forum for redressal of the grievances. 5. In the event of institution of any fresh proceedings before the appropriate forum by the petitioners, in the above noted writ petitions, and a necessity arises for condoning the delay occasioning in the institution of such proceedings, the fact that the present proceedings was pending disposal before this Court since 2021, be duly taken into consideration. 6. In view of the above, subject to the liberty so granted to the petitioner, the present writ petition stands dismissed on withdrawal. JUDGE Comparing Assistant