ORDER

05.12.2024 Heard Mr. S. Kataki, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. T.C.

Chutia, learned Addl. Senior Govt. Advocate for the State respondents.

2. By filing this writ petition, the petitioners, 14(fourteen) in numbers, have challenged the initiation of Regular Enquiry bearing no. 23(4)2015 by the Superintendent of Police, Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, Assam, against the petitioners and also the vide letter No. DGVA/RI/2016/2217 dated 27.07.2016, whereby, the Superintendent of Police, Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, Assam, has directed the Executive Engineer, Tezpur Division (Irrigation) to send the petitioners for deposing their statements and verification of documents in connection with regular enquiry suspecting the petitioners for misappropriation of Govt. money, on the ground that the same is illegal and in violation of the judgment and order dated 04.09.2009 passed in WP(C) 5580/2002.

3. It is the contention of the petitioners that the petitioners were appointed to the post of Grade-III and Grade-IV under the Tezpur (Irrigation) Division, Tezpur, pursuant to the advertisement dated 23.08.1998 issued by the Executive Engineer, Tezpur Division (Irrigation). The ap