GAHC010159832024 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : WP(C)/4178/2024 ASRAF ALI LASKAR AND ANR SON OF LATE TAJAMUL ALI LASKAR, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- BORJURAI, P.O.- BOALIPAR, P.S.- HAILAKANDI, DISTRICT- HAILAKANDI, ASSAM, PIN- 788155.

2: RAJAUL KARIM LASKAR SON OF LATE FORIZ UDDIN LASKAR RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- BONDUKMARA P.O.- RATANPUR P.S.- HAILAKANDI DISTRICT- HAILAKANDI ASSAM PIN- 788155 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 6 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, EDUCATION (ELEMENTARY) DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI- 781006.

2:THE STATE LEVEL SCRUTINY COMMITTEE REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSAM KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI- 781019.

3:THE MISSION DIRECTOR ASOM SARBA SIKSHA ABHIYAN MISSION KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI- 781019.

4:THE DISTRICT SCRUTINY COMMITTEE REPRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER HAILAKANDI ASSAM PIN- 788162.

5:THE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER HAILAKANDI-CUM-DISTRICT MISSION CO-ORDINATOR ASOM SARBA SIKSHA ABHIYAN MISSION HAILAKANDI PIN- 788151.

6:THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS HAILAKANDI DISTRICT- HAILAKANDI ASSAM PIN- 788151.

7:THE BLOCK ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICER HAILAKANDI DISTRICT- HAILAKANDI ASSAM PIN- 788151 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. B U LASKAR, MR. S BANIK Advocate for the Respondent : SC, ELEM. EDU, SC, SSA,GA, ASSAM BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH MAZUMDAR

ORDER

11.03.2026 Heard Mr. S. Banik, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. P.

Nayak, learned Additional Advocate General and Standing Counsel for the SSA and Mr. B. Talukdar, learned Standing Counsel for the Department of Elementary Education.

The order dated 06.02.2026 recorded as follows :-

“ The allegation in this writ petition is that though the school had the requisite number of students to be considered for provincialisation, based on the date uploaded by CRCCS serving under the SSA, the school was shown to have 28 Nos. of student and therefore, the provincialisation was rejected by the concerned authority.

The learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn the attention of this Court to the Minutes of the Meeting of the DSC in which it has been reflected that the school namely, Bondukmara Purbopar VLP School, where the DSC had decided to consider the enrollment status as per the field reports submitted by the Block Elementary Education Officer and the District Elementary Education Officer and not as per the portal.

It appears that the DSC had taken a view that the CRCCs did not upload the actual enrollment and there are also certain shadow area where the actual enrolment could not be uploaded due to unavailability of mobile network.

In the present case, it is seen that it is not a case of enrollment number being not uploaded but the discrepancies in enrolment number between the report given by the CRCCs as uploaded in the website and the enrollment as certified by the Block Elementary Education Officer, Hailakandi and the District Elementary Education Officer, Hailakandi. The reports were required to have been verified and thereafter either uploaded or forwarded to the concerned authorities.

The District Elementary Education Officer and the Block Elementary Education Officer concerned shall file their respective individual affidavits bringing on record the enrollment that the school had in 2017, 2018 and 2019 along with the names and the details of the students who were found present in the school on the date of inspection by the aforesaid authorities. The CRCCS concerned, who had uploaded the details in the portal in respect of the aforesaid years, shall also file an affidavit along with details of the students of the enrollment of the student, and the students who were found to be present during his visit. The MD/SSA shall ensure that the concerned CRCCs is informed about this order. “

The learned Standing Counsel for the Department of Elementary Education placed before this Court an instruction dated 10.03.2026