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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GAUHATI, ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH
DEVASHIS BARUAH
Sarbajanin Sri Sri Lakshmi Mandir Samittee – Appellant
Versus
State of Assam – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. grounds for rejection of lottery request (Para 2) |
| 2. division bench's intervention and reasoning (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. disposal of writ petition and fresh order direction (Para 6 , 7 , 8) |
JUDGMENT :
DEVASHIS BARUAH, J.
1. Heard Mr. S Hoque, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners. Mr. B Gogoi, the learned Additional Advocate General, Assam appears on behalf of all the respondents.
2. The petitioners have challenged the impugned order dated 13.11.2024 passed by the respondent No.3 declining the petitioner's request to be permitted to hold its annually organized lottery during the occasions of Raas Mahotsav, Lakshmi Puja etc., and further seeking directions that the respondent No.3 to reconsider the prayer of the petitioner for conducting annual lottery to be held at Sri Sri Lakshmi Mandir Samittee, Nityananda, Bajali.
3. This Court had duly taken note of the fact that the order dated 13.11.2024 passed by the Secretary to the Government of Assam, Finance Department, had already been interfered with by the learned Division Bench vide the judgment and order dated 30.07.2025 in WP(C)No.6090/2024, WP(C)No.6401/2024 and WP(C)No.6402/2024.
4. This Court further
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