Page No.# 1/5 GAHC010258872025 2026:GAU-AS:1397 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Civil)/184/2026 MD SHAMSUL HOQUE S/O- MD. SABED ALI, R/O- VILL- RAMPUR SATRA, P.O. KADOMONI, PIN- , DIST.- NAGAON, ASSAM VERSUS PREETOM SAIKIA COMM. AND SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, EDUCATION, (ELEMENTARY), DEPTT., DISPUR, GHY-6 2:SANJIB BHUYAN DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI 781019 3:SMTI GAYATRI NAIDING DISTRICT ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER NAGAON ASSAM 4:SRI MRIDUL NEOG THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS NAGAON DIST. NAGAON ASSAM . 5:BAHARUL ISLAM THE BLOCK ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER DHING DIST NAGAON ASSAM 6:SRI NARAYAN KONWAR COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM EDUCATION (ELEMENTARY) DEPARTMENT Page No.# 2/5 DISPUR GUWAHATI 781006 7:SMTI SURANJANA SENAPATI DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI 19 8:SRI MRIDUL KUMAR NATH(I/C) DISTRICT ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER NAGAON ASSAM 9:SRI DEBEN CH. LAHKAR THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS NAGAON ASSAM 782001 10:SRI JODUMONI CHETIA THE BLOCK ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER DHING DIST NAGAON ASSAM 78212 Advocate for the Petitioner : MRS. K DEVI, Advocate for the Respondent : , Linked Case : Cont.Cas(C)/547/2020 MD. SAMSUL HOQUE S/O- MD. SABED ALI R/O- VILL- RAMPUR SATRA P.O. KADOMONI PIN- DIST.- NAGAON ASSAM VERSUS PREETAM SAIKIA AND 4 ORS COMM. AND SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM EDUCATION (ELEMENTARY) DEPTT. DISPUR GHY-6 Page No.# 3/5 2:SANJIB KR. BHUYAN DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GHY-19 3:GAYATRI NAIDING DISTRICT ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER NAGAON PIN- DIST.- NAGAON ASSAM 4:BUDDHA KATAKY THE DY. INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS NAGAON DIST.- NAGAON ASSAM PIN- 5:BAHARUL ISLAM THE BLOCK ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER DHING PIN- DIST.- NAGAON ASSAM ------------ Advocate for : MRS. K DEVI Advocate for : MR. D SAIKIA appearing for PREETAM SAIKIA AND 4 ORS BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KARDAK ETE ORDER Date : 04-02-2026 Heard Ms. K. Devi, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. This is an application praying for impleadment of 5 (five) officers/officials as alleged contemnors/respondents in the connected contempt case being Contempt Case (C) No. 547/2020. Page No.# 4/5 3. Ms. K. Devi, learned counsel for the applicant, contends that during the pendency of the contempt petition, the originally arrayed alleged contemnors/respondents have been transferred. Therefore, she seeks impleadment of the new incumbents, namely, (i). Shri Narayan Knowar, Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Education (Elementary) Department, Dispur, Guwahati; (ii). Smti Suranjana Senapati, Director of Secondary Education, Assam, Kahilipara, Guwahati; (iii). Shri Mridul Kumar Nath, District Elementary Education Officer, Nagaon, District- Nagaon, Assam; (iv). Shri Deben Ch. Lahkar, The Deputy Inspector of Schools, Nagaon, District-Nagaon, Assam and (v). Shri Jodumoni Chetia, the Block Elementary Education Officer, Dhing, Nagaon, Assam, as alleged contemnor Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10. 4. Having considered that the officers/officials, who were earlier arrayed as alleged contemnors/respondents in the contempt petition, have since been transferred and that the officers/officials sought to be impleaded appears to be necessary parties in the contempt petition, I deem it appropriate to allow this interlocutory application. 5. Accordingly, the following officers/officials, namely, (i). Shri Narayan Knowar, Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Education (Elementary) Department, Dispur, Guwahati; (ii). Smti Suranjana Senapati, Director of Secondary Education, Assam, Kahilipara, Guwahati; (iii). Shri Mridul Kumar Nath, District Elementary Education Officer, Nagaon, District-Nagaon, Assam; (iv). Shri Deben Ch. Lahkar, The Deputy Inspector of Schools, Nagaon, District-Nagaon, Assam and (v). Shri Jodumoni Chetia, the Block Elementary Education Officer, Dhing, Nagaon, Assam are allowed to be impleaded as respondent Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 Page No.# 5/5 & 10 in the contempt petition being Contempt Case No. 547/2020. 6. The interlocutory application stands allowed and disposed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant