GAHC010238812024 2025:GAU-AS:16983

THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT

(HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : WP(C)/5977/2024

HARENDRA NATH BAISHYA BANIA

S/O- LATE DEBENDRA NATH BAISHYA, RESIDENT OF ASHADEEP

REGENCY, FLAT NO. 1-E, PUBJYOTI NAGAR, NOONMATI, GUWAHATI,

ASSAM, PIN- 781020

VERSUS

THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 2 ORS

REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO

GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6

2:THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

FINANCE (ESTABLISHMENT-B) DEPARTEMNT

DISPUR

GUWAHATI-6

3:THE DEPUTY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

FINANCE (ESTABLISHMENT-B) DEPARTMENT

DISPUR

GUWAHATI-

Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. J PATOWARY,

Advocate for the Respondents : SC, FINANCE,

:::BEFORE:::

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KARDAK ETE

Date on which judgment is reserved : 02.12.2025 Date of pronouncement of judgment : 09.12.2025

Whether the pronouncement is of the Operative part of the judgment : Yes Whether the full judgment has been Pronounced : No Judgment & Order (CAV)

Heard Mr. J. Patowary, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard P. Nayak, learned Additional Advocate General for the State respondents.

2. Challenge made in this writ petition is to the o