Mrigendra Nath Kalita and Anr. v. the State of Assam and 10 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Headmaster promotion Baksa district; Assam Secondary Education (Provincialised Schools) Service Rules 2018 Rule 14; district-wise seniority list; satisfactory Annual Confidential Report last 3 years; Departmental Promotion Committee meeting 04.03.2024; BTC Kokrajhar; Gradation List seniority; select list displacement from bottom; reconsideration within two months; expert body dominion; substantial compliance; affidavit 'no comment'; WP(C)/1735/2024; WP(C)/1736/2024; WP(C)/1856/2024; WP(C)/1991/2024; WP(C)/2339/2024; Gauhati High Court; Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi; disposal at admission stage; no precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions disposed of at the admission stage with a direction that the petitioners' cases be reconsidered in terms of their seniority and the procedure under Rule 14 of the 2018 Rules within two months; if any petitioner is found senior to a selected person, that person is to give way, displacement being effected from the bottom of the Baksa district-wide select list.