GAHC010249122025

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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT

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

Case No. : WP(C)/6409/2025

SURABHI DEY AND 14 ORS.

D/O- DURJOY DEY, VILL. KALDOBA PT-1, P.O AGOMANI, P.S AGOMANI,

DIST. DHUBRI, ASSAM, PIN- 783335.

2: DIKHITA HAZARIKA

D/O- PRASANTA HAZARIKA

VILL- MUDOI GAON P.O AND P.S- SOOTEA

DIST- BISWANATH

ASSAM

PIN-784175

3: SEEMA NATH

D/O-NRIPEN NATHa VILL- MADULIJHAR

P.O-CHAKCHAKABAZAR

P.S- SORBHOG

DIST -BARPETA (ASSAM)

PIN-781317

4: TAHIR AHMED

S/O- SULEMAN UDDIN

VILL- BASATTIHAL

P.S- RATABARI

P.O- ANIPUR

DIST- SRIBHUMI. PIN- 788734

5: SOLMAN ALOM

S/O- ABDUL SALAM

VILL AND P.O- LAMAJUAR

P.S- BADARPUR DIST- SRIBHUMI

PIN-788701

6: ANUPAM DAS S/O NOKA DAS VILL. BIDYARDABRI PT-I P.O- BIDYARDABRI P.S- GOLAKGANJ DIST. DHUBRI PIN-783335

7: BEGUM JOBEDA KHATUN D/O- LT. ABDUR RASID VILL- HATIPOTA PT-2 P.O AND P.S- BILASIPARA DIST-DHUBRI PIN- 783348

8: KALIMULLAH S/O FAKOR UDDIN VILL- SALEHPUR P.O.BARAIGRAM P.S- PATHARKANDI DIST- SRIBHUMI. PIN-788723

9: MAYURI SARKAR D/O AJIT KUMAR SARKAR VILL- BISHKHOWA P.O- BISHKHOWA P.S- GOLAKGANJ DIST- DHUBRI(ASSAM)

PIN 783334

10: ARJIFA PARBIN D/O ASHAN ALI AHMED VILL- KHORAGHAT P/O- BARKANDA P/S- BAGRIBARI DIST- KOKRAJHAR PIN- 783348

11: SHAHANA BEGUM D/O KAMAL UDDIN AHMED VILL- BAZARGHAT P.O.- BAZARGHAT P.S.- RATABARI DIST- SRIBHUMI. PIN-788733

12: TAHIR AHMED S/O- ABDUL MATIN VILL- HULASHNAGAR P.O- ANIPUR P.S- RATABARI DIST- SRIBHUMI.PIN- 788734

13: TUKLU DAS S/O BABUL DAS VILL- MANASANGAN P.O- RAKESHNAGAR P.S- KARIMGNAJ DISTRICT- SRIBHUMI PIN 788701

14: SABINA YASMIN CHOUDHURY D/O- ISLAM UDDIN CHOUDHURY VILL- BHAIRABNAGAR P.O.- KRISHNAPUR P.S- SILCHAR DIST- CACHAR PIN- 788025

15: HUSSAIN AHMED S/O ALAUDDIN VILL- WEST SARKARIBARI P.O AND P.S- RATABARI DISTRICT- SRIBHUMI PIN-78873 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 2 ORS.

REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, EDUCATION, SECONDARY DEPARTMENT, GUWAHATI-781006

2:THE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-781019

3:BABA SAHEB AMBEDKAR EDUCATION UNIVERSITY

25/2 AND 25/3 BALLYGUNGE CIRCULAR RD GARCHA BALLYGUNGE KOLKATA WEST BENGAL-70001 Advocate for the Petitioner : S. HUSSAIN, Advocate for the Respondent : SC, SEC. EDU., BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ROBIN PHUKAN

ORDER

13.11.2025 Heard Mr. M. Kalra, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. D. Saikia, learned Advocate General, Assam-cum- Senior Counsel, assisted by Mr. B. Kaushik, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents in Secondary Education Department. 2. In this petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have prayed for setting aside/quashing the corrigendum, dated 15.03.2024, and to allow the petitioners to avail the relaxation, as per original terms/rules; and also to issue direction to the Department of Secondary Education, Assam to consider the petitioners for the vacant posts, as per merit, after re-conducting the document verification and to declare the petitioners eligible for the same; and to direct the respondent No. 3, i.e., Baba Saheb Ambedkar Education University to consider the representation submitted by the petitioners/other similarly placed persons, prior to the last date of application.

3. Mr. Kalra, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that pursuant to an advertisement issued by the Director of Secondary Education, Assam on 26.12.2023, for filling up the vacant posts of Graduate and Post-Graduate Teachers in different Government Secondary Schools and in different provincialised Secondary Schools, the petitioners responded to the same by submitting their respective applications and documents online, before the last date of submission of the forms.

3.1. Referring to the said advertisement, dated 26.12.2023, Mr. Kalra submits that the advertisement clearly provides that the application, seeking condonation/relaxation of any criteria should be made to appropriate authority, as per applicable norms, at least 7 days prior to filling up of online applications. And thereafter, to the disadvantage of