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2024 Supreme(Gau) 399

SANJAY KUMAR MEDHI
Naba Kumar Sarania, S/o. Late Lakhi Kanta Sarania – Appellant
Versus
State of Assam – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. M. Sarania, Shri Salman Khurshid.
For the Respondents: Shri D. Saikia, Shri K. Gogoi, Shri R. Dhar, Shri D. Das, Shri N. Das.

    i. Order dated 06.06.2009 of constitution of a Vigilance Cell in the Directorate of WPT & BC;

ii. Communication dated 11.07.2019 issued by the WPT & BC Department directing enquiry into the social status of the petitioner;

iii. Notification dated 05.09.2022 of reconstitution of the State Level Scrutiny Committee (hereinafter SLSC) and

iv. Speaking order dated 12.01.2024 of the SLSC.

2. The challenge nos. i, iii and iv above, are based on the allegation that the same are in violation of the direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Kumari Madhuri Patil vs. Additional Commissioner, Tribal Development , reported in (1994) 6 SCC 241. The second prayer has been made by questioning the authority to direct such enquiry on the social status of the petitioner.

3. To understand and appreciate the issue and the grounds of challenge vis-à-vis the defence of the respondents, it would be convenient if the facts of the case are narrated in brief. Suffice it to mention that in this writ petition, initially an order was passed on 27.03.2024 by the learned Single Judge granting an interim order suspending the impugned order dated 12.01.2024 of the SLSC and all consequential action. Howev

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