Keshab Kalita and 6 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Rule 14, Assam Secondary Education (Provincialised Schools) Service Rules 2018; recruitment to post of Headmaster/Superintendent; promotion from Graduate Teachers; district-wise seniority list; Gradation List Baksa; satisfactory Annual Confidential Report last 3 consecutive years; District Selection Committee Rule 16(2); Departmental Promotion Committee minutes 04.03.2024; Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC); provincialised High Schools; select list displacement from bottom; seniority undisputed / 'no comment' in affidavit-in-opposition; writ petitions disposed at admission stage; Gauhati High Court; WP(C)/1735/2024 with linked WP(C)/1736/2024, WP(C)/1856/2024, WP(C)/1991/2024, WP(C)/2339/2024; Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi; decision date 12.06.2025.
What did the court decide?
All five writ petitions disposed of at the admission stage with directions that the cases of the 20 petitioners be re-considered in terms of their seniority and the procedure laid down in Rule 14; selected candidates found junior to a petitioner to give way, with displacement effected from the bottom of the Baksa district-wide select list; the entire exercise to be completed within 2 (two) months.