JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. R.M. Deka, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. B. Kaushik, learned standing counsel, Education (Secondary) Department, representing the respondent Nos.1, 2 & 3.

2. In view of the nature of order to be passed in the present proceeding, notice upon the respondent No.4 is not deemed necessary.

3. The petitioners, by way of the present writ proceeding, have assailed the speaking order dated 09.05.2023 passed by the Director of Secondary Education, Assam, by which the case of the petitioners for provincialisation of their services was rejected on the ground that the names of the petitioners did not figure in the UDISE.

4. The petitioners are all Subject Teachers in Uparhali Higher Secondary School and were appointed in the said School when the School was in its venture stage. Thereafter, in terms of the provisions of the Assam Education (Provincialisation of Services of Teachers and Re-organisation of Educational Institutions) Act, 2017 (for short, “2017 Act”), cases of the petitioners and other teachers of the said School were taken up for consideration for provincialisation of their services. Accordingly, the case of the petitioners and other eligible