GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON TANKESWAR NATH V/S THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 3 ORS.

GUWAHATI, India, June 11 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 11:

[1] Heard Mr. B. Purukayastha, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. D. Musahary, learned Standing Counsel, Secondary Education and Mr. N. Sarma, learned counsel for the respondent No. 4.

2. Heard Mr. B. Purukayastha, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. D. Musahary, learned Standing Counsel, Secondary Education and Mr. N. Sarma, learned counsel for the respondent No. 4.

2. By this application filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for setting aside and quashing of the impugned order dated 21.06.2025, issued by respondent No. 2, i.e., the Department of Secondary Education, Assam, by which, the prayer of the petitioner to appoint him as In-charge Principal of Sarthebari Higher Secondary School was rejected. The petitioner has also prayed for allowing him to hold the post of In-charge Principal of the said school as per the order dated 18.12.2023, passed by this Court, by which the Director of Secondary Education Department was directed to allow the petitioner to hold the charge of Principal of Sarthebari Higher Secondary School, after due verification of the particulars of all the candidates in the fray.

3. The case of the petitioner is that he was appointed as a Teacher vide order dated 31.03.1992, and he startedgetting Graduate Scale of Pay by order dated 30.12.1993 and that on 30th of March, 2023, one Sri Jiten Chandra Barman, MA B.Ed, who was working as the Assistant Teacher of Sarthebari Higher Secondary School, was allowed to hold the charge of Principal of the said school instead of the petitioner, who was by then, eligible for appointment to the said post. Aggrieved by his non-appointment and allowing his junior to the post of Incharge Principal of the said school, the petitioner challenged the same by filing a writ petition being WP(C) No. 5419 of 2023, and this Court vide order dated 18.12.2023, remanded the matter back to the Director of Secondary Education Department by directing the said authority to pass appropriate order(s), allowing the petitioner to hold the charge of the post of the Principal, after verification of particulars of other candidates along with the petitioner, as stated above.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindiaHC/cases/display_pdf.php?filename=A9S7c5LDIsB6RXaCf816x%2BSiJ4bCecKH4nvhLvN82Xu1SDPXz7qO2r9c9ejTIUiZ&caseno=WP(C)/3658/2025&cCode=1&cino=GAHC010141692025&state_code=6&appFlag=)

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