Manash Jyoti Borgohain v. Dr Ravi Kota
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What is this about?
Contempt petition closed for compliance — Gauhati High Court, Cont.Cas(C)/152/2025, Justice Soumitra Saikia, 15.09.2025. Petitioner Manash Jyoti Borgohain sought action for willful disobedience of the directions in the order dated 06.03.2024 in WP(C) No.1982 of 2023, which had remanded his compassionate-appointment case to the State Level Committee (SLC) to apply Clause-15 of the Office Memorandum dated 01.06.2015 at its next immediate sitting. Respondents (Dr Ravi Kota; Chairman, SLC, Dispur) produced SLC minutes of 06.06.2025 recording rejection of the compassionate-appointment claim on grounds of efflux of time and absence of immediacy following lapse of time since the father's death. Finding the earlier directions carried out and the SLC order passed, the Court closed the Contempt Petition and recalled outstanding notices. Key terms: compassionate appointment, State Level Committee, Office Memorandum 01.06.2015 Clause-15, remand, efflux of time, immediacy, contempt compliance, notices recalled.