GAHC010196882021

2026:GAU-AS:5613 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : WP(C)/6543/2021 DR ARCHANA GOGOI W/O MR. AJIT KR. DOWRA, R/O NO. 1 PADUMONI, P.O. AND P.S.

SARUPATHAR, DIST. GOLAGHAT, ASSAM, PIN 785601 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 9 ORS REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, EDUCATION (HIGHER) DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI-6

2:THE DIRECTOR HIGHER EDUCATION KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-19

3:THE GOVERNING BODY OF SARUPATHAR COLLEGE REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT. SARUPATHAR P.O. AND P.S. SARUPATHAR DIST. GOLAGHAT PIN 785601.

4:THE PRINCIPAL SARUPATHAR COLLEGE SARUPATHAR P.O. AND P.S. SRUPATHAR DIST. GOLAGHAT PIN 785601.

5:THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG (ITO)

NEW DELHI PIN 11000.

6:DR. HASMAT ALI PRINCIPAL JURIYA COLLEGE P.O. JURIYA DIST. NAGAON ASSAM PIN 782124.

7:DR. GANGASWAR KALITA PRINCIPAL DALGUMA ANCHALIK COLLEGE P.O. DALGOMA DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM PIN 783125.

8:DR. JYOTI KAMAL HAZARIKA PRINCIPAL TEZPUR COLLEGE P.O. TEZPUR DIST. SONITPUR ASSAM PIN 784001.

9:DR. SAIFUL ISLAM ASSTT. PROFESSOR JURIYA COLLEGE P.O. JURIA DIST. NAGAON ASSAM PIN 782124.

10:DR. PALLAV JTOI KONWAR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS NAZIRA COLLEGE P.O. NZIRA DIST. SIVASAGAR PIN 785685 Advocate for the Petitioner : K U AHMED, MS P SARMA,MS N HASAN Advocate for the Respondent : , SC, HIGHER EDU,SC, UGC Linked Case : WP(C)/4721/2021 DR. MITALI SARMA W/O MR. RUPAK KUMAR SARMAH R/O VILL. AND P.O. CHAPARMUKH P.S. RAHA DIST. NAGAON ASSAM PIN 782425 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 10 ORS REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER AND SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM EDUCATION (HIGHER) DEPTT.

DISPUR GUWAHATI 6

2:THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI19

3:THE GOVERNING BODY OF JAGIROAD COLLEGE REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT JAGIROAD P.O. JAGIROAD DIST. MORIGAON PIN 782410

4:THE PRINCIPAL OF JAGIROAD COLLEGE JAGIROAD MORIGAON

5:THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ITS SECY.

BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG (ITO) NEW DELHI PIN 110002

7:DR. HASMAT ALI PRINCIPAL JURIYA COLLEGE P.O. JURIYA DIST. NAGAON ASSAM PIN 782124

8:GANGASWAR KALITA PRINCIPAL DALGUMA ANCHALIK COLLEGE P.O. DALGOMA DIST. GOALPARA ASSAM PIN 783125 ------------

Advocate for : K U AHMED Advocate for : MR. P R MAHANTA SC HIGHER EDU appearing for THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 10 ORS Linked Case : WP(C)/556/2024 DR. TILAK SARMAH S/O- RITUBARNA SARMAH R/O- VILL GAMIRIPAL P.O. AND P.S. GAMIRIPAL DIST. SONITPUR ASSAM PIN- 784180 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM EDUCATION (HIGHER) DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI-6

2:THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION KAHILIPARA GUWAHATI-19

3:THE GOVERNING BODY OF TYAGBIR HEM BARUAH COLLEGE REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT P.O.- JAMUGURIHAT DIST. SONITPUR PIN- 784180

4:THE PRINCIPAL OF TYAGBIR HEM BARUAH COLLEGE JAMUGURIHAT SONITPUR ASSAM

5:THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG (ITO)

NEW DELHI PIN- 110002 ------------

BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH MAZUMDAR Advocate for the petitioner(s) : Mr K U Ahmed.

Advocate for the respondent(s) : Dr Ashim Chamuah for UGC, Mr K Gogoi, SC, Higher Education, Dr P Agarwal for UGC Date on which judgment was reserved: 12.02.2026 Date of pronouncement of judgment : 23.04.2026 Whether the pronouncement is of the NA operative part of the judgment?

Whether the full judgment has been : Yes pronounced?

JUDGMENT AND ORDER (CAV)

Heard Mr. K.U. Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioner in all the writ petitions. Mr. K. Gogoi, learned standing counsel, appears for the Department of Higher Education in all the writ petitions. Dr. A. Chamuah, learned standing counsel, appears for the UGC in WP(C) No. 4721/2021 and WP(C) No. 6543/2021, and Dr. P. Agarwal, learned standing counsel, appears for the UGC in WP (C) No. 556/2024. Mr. S.K. Das, learned counsel, appears for respondent no.4 in WP(C) No. 4721/2021, and Mr. P. Hazarika, learned counse