Jyotish Chandra Das v. Gyanendra Dev Tripathi, IAS and 3 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt petition (civil) closed; petitioner withdrew after reliefs allowed. Gauhati High Court, Cont.Cas(C)/254/2025, decided 14.11.2025, single judge: Manish Choudhury. Petitioner: Jyotish Chandra Das (counsel R K Talukdar, Tinlung). Respondents: Gyanendra Dev Tripathi IAS (Principal Secretary), Dr Anant Lal Gyani IAS (Secretary), Hemashri Hazarika ACS (Joint Secretary) — Revenue & Disaster Management Department; Jayant Narlikar IAS (Commissioner & Secretary) — Finance Department, Assam Secretariat, Dispur. Respondent counsel: G Hazarika, R Borpujari, D Saikia, SC Revenue (R-1); P Nayak, B Gogoi, R M Barooah, A Chaliha (R-4).
What did the court decide?
Closure of the contempt petition at the petitioner's instance; no substantive relief was granted by this order (the reliefs sought in the underlying proceedings had already been allowed).