Abhijit Malakar and Anr. v. the State of Assam and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Petitioners sought a direction to release unpaid bills for materials supplied under the MGNREGA scheme and to initiate a CBI investigation. The High Court declined to entertain the writ petition as it involved disputed questions of fact requiring a full trial, not appropriate for article 226 proceedings.
What the court decided
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GAHC010073182018
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT
(THE HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
W.P.(C) No. 2285/2018
1: Abhijit Malakar S/o- Late Suresh Malakar, R/O- VILL- Dudhpatil-VII, P.O. Larsinpar, Dist-Cachar, Assam Pin- 788002 2: Maksal Ahmed Laskar S/o- Makbul Ahmed Laskar R/O- Dudhpatil P.S-Silchar P.O- Haticherra VII Dist-Cachar, Assam Pin- 788002 Prop of Laskar Hardware and Supplier
……………… Petitioners -VERSUS-
1: The State of Assam Rep. by the Commissioner and Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Panchayat and Rural Development Deptt, Dispur, Guwahati-781006. 2: The Deputy Commissioner and District Programme Coordinator, MGNREGA Dist-Cachar, Assam, Pin-788001 3: The Project Director, DRDA, Cachar PWD Godown Road Near Police Parade Ground Silchar-788001, Dist-Cachar, Assam. 4: The Block Development Officer and
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Programme Officer MGNREGA Borkhola Development Block Borkhola Dist-Cachar, Assam, PIN- 788110. 5: The Junior Engineer Borkhola Development Block (BDO) MGNREGA Borkhola Development Block Borkhola Dist-Cachar, Assam, Pin- 78811.
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution can be exercised to determine disputed questions of fact regarding supply contracts and payment of bills.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Abhijit Malakar
- petitioner
Maksal Ahmed Laskar
- respondent
The State of Assam
- respondent
The Deputy Commissioner, MGNREGA, Cachar
- respondent
The Project Director, DRDA, Cachar
- respondent
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Gauhati HC
- Decided on
- · June
- Registered
- Case no.
- WP(C)/2285/2018
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