GAHC010049222026 2026:GAU-AS:3533 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : WP(C)/1432/2026 BHABEN KONWAR AND ORS C/O- DURGESWAR KONWAR.

VILL- MADHUPUR.

PO- JAGI BHAKATGAON.

PS- JAGIROAD.

DIST- MORIGAON.

PIN- 782411

2: BEAUTY DEVI C/O. LATE MANIK SARMA VILL- MOLIA GAON P.O- DHEKIAL DIST-

GOLAGHAT PIN-785622

3: DEEPIKA BHOWMICK C/O . DULAL BHOWMICK. ADDRESS- THANA ROAD KARIMGANJ.

DIST- KARIMGANJ (SRIBHUMI)

4: ARUNDHATI GOSWAMI C/O DHANJIT CHOUDHURY.

ADDRESS - PATHSALA (BAJALI)

DIST - BAJALI

5: NITYA KISHORE DEY C/O- NARENDRA DEY.

ADDRESS -VILL- ATANAGAR P.O-KANAI BAZAR DIST-SRIBHUMI (KARIMGANJ) PIN-788724.

6: MOHUA CHAKRABORTY C/O- MRINMOY CHAKRABORTY.

ADDRESS- NILMONI ROAD KARIMGANJ.

DIST - KARIMGANJ (SRIBHUMI)

7: JULI MUDOI C/O-DULEN BAISHYA.

ADDRESS-VILL-PHUKAN KHAT P.O-SINGIA.

P.S- SAMAGURI. DIST-NAGAON.

PIN-782140

8: MRIDULA SINHA VILL GOKILA.

P.O. TINOKHAL .

P.S. - PATHARKANDI DIST. - SHRIBHUMI PIN- 788724

9: MADHABI SINHA VILL- BAITAKHAL.

PO- KATABARI.

PIN- 788726.

DIST.- SHRIBHUMI (KARIMGANJ)

10: CHANDRAMA DUARAH C/0. - NABA KUMAR DUARAH.

VILL- KAKATI BARI.

P. S- KAKATI BARI.

PIN-785691

11: MUNMI BORUAH D/O - PRODIP BORUAH .

VILL- NO MATI NAWHALIA NAZIRA .

P.O- NO MATI.

P.S- NAZIRA PIN-785685 DIST-SIVASAGAR

12: CHIRAJUL ISLAM S/O- ELIUS ALI.

VILLAGE- KARATIPAM.

PO -KARATIPAM. P.S- MORIGAON.

DIST- MORIGAON PIN-782105

13: MANISHA TALUKDAR C/O- NABAJYOTI DAS.

VILL _-BAHARI.

DIST - BARPETA .

PO _ BAHARI HAT.

PIN _ 781302

14: ATIKUL ALOM S/O- SAHADAT HUSSAIN.

VILL-KHATANIAPARA .

PO AND PS -DHULA .

DIST-DARRANG PIN- 784146

15: BHASWATI SARMA C/O- SATYENDRA NATH SARMA .

ADDRESS - BISHNUPUR KHAT WARD NO-12 NALBARI TOWN P.O - NALBARI P.S- NALBARI DIST- NALBARI ASSAM PIN- 781335

16: RUPABATI SUTRADHAR C/O- DHARMESWAR SUTRADHAR.

VILL- DORAPARA CHOWKAPARA.

PO- AGIA.

DIST- GOALPARA.

PIN- 783120

17: KABERI KAKATI C/O- JITEN KAKATI. VILL- MISSAMARI.

PO- HELEM.

DIST- BISWANATH PIN- 784170

18: KRISHNA CHAUHAN C/O-BASUDEO CHAUHAN VILL-WATIZOR.

P.O-WATIZOR. P.S-KHERONI.

DIST-WEST KARBI ANGLONG.

ASSAM.

PIN-782446

19: FARIDA KHATUN W/O-ABDUL BATEN.

VILL-CHELABARI.

P/O-AMBARI.

P/S- DHUPDHARA. DIST- GOALPARA.

ASSAM.

PIN-78312 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ORS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT, GUWAHATI -781006.

2:THE SAMAGRA SHIKSHA AXOM REPRESENTED BY THE MISSION DIRECTOR KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI- 78101 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. K M MAHANTA, N. BEGUM,MR K K MAHANTA (Sr.

Advocate),MR S GAUTAM Advocate for the Respondent : SC, ELEM. EDU, SC, SSA BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR

ORDER

10/03/2026 Heard Mr. K K Mahanta, learned Senior counsel assisted by Mr. K M Mahanta, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. P Nayak, learned Additional Advocate General, Assam, appearing for the respondents SSA.

2. As consented to by the learned counsels for the parties, the present writ petition was taken up for final consideration and is being disposed of vide the present order.

3. The petitioners in the present writ petition are CTET qualified candidates. The CTET candidates being held to be not eligible to apply for the posts advertised by the Axom Sarba Siksha Abhiyan Mission, Assam on contractual basis vide advertisement dated 24.09.2020, the petitioners and persons similarly situated had approached this Court by way of filing writ petition. The said writ petition filed by the petitioners on consideration came to be dismissed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court.

At the relevant point of time along with the advertisement issued by the Axom Sarba Siksha Abhiyan for recruitment of Assistant Teachers on contractual basis in various Lower Primary as well as Upper Primary Schools, recruitment process was also instituted by the Director of Elementary Education, Assam for various posts of Assistant Teacher in Lower Primary as well as Upper Primary Schools. The candidates, having CTET qualification, who were desirous to apply against the posts advertised by the Director of Elementary Education,