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HE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
ASHUTOSH KUMAR, ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY
Gauhati High Court, represented by the Registrar General – Appellant
Versus
Nozrul Islam Laskar, Son of Late Basir Uddin Laskar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Ashutosh Kumar, CJ.
We have heard Mr. H.K. Das, learned Standing Counsel, Gauhati High Court for the appellants in Writ Appeal No.281/2025 and for respondent Nos.1 &2 in Writ Appeal No.291/2025; Mr. S.P. Sharma, learned Advocate for the appellants in Writ Appeal No.291/2025; Mr. P.K. Roychoudhury, learned Advocate for respondent Nos.1 & 2 in Writ Appeal No.281/2025 and for respondent Nos.4 & 5 in Writ Appeal No.291/2025 and Mr. S. Baruah, learned Government Advocate, Assam for respondent No.3 in Writ Appeal No.281/2025 & Writ Appeal No.291/2025.
2. Both these writ appeals have been taken up together and are being disposed off by this common judgment.
3. The judgment dated 31.07.2025 impugned in both the writ appeals has been passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court in WP(C) No.2325/2025, which was preferred by 2(two) of the Stenographers Grade-II, namely, Nozrul Islam Laskar and Gulzar Hussain Barbhuiya, seeking quashing of the minutes of the meeting of the Committee for Centralized Recruitment of Officers and Staff of Subordinate Judiciary and all Benches of the High Court regarding relaxation of eligibility criteria for promotion to Stenographer Grade-I for the Subor
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