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Bhabita Bordoloi v. the State of Assam and 4 Ors.

Gauhati HC2 Sept 2025WP(C)/1994/2024

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What is this about?

Retiral dues of deceased APTDC Ltd. employee held fully paid - arrear salary Rs. 1,84,966, gratuity Rs. 7,00,000, leave encashment Rs. 4,98,010; writ petition by widow Bhabita Bordoloi closed with liberty reserved for any other unpaid retiral dues; Office Letter dated 25.03.2025 of Managing Director, APTDC Ltd. marked document 'X'; Gauhati High Court, Justice Manish Choudhury, order dated 03-09-2025, WP(C)/1994/2024.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition closed; liberty reserved to the petitioner if still aggrieved by non-release of any other retiral dues of her deceased husband. ¶29

Bhabita Bordoloi Vs the State of Assam and 4 Ors. — Gauhati HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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GAHC010072412024

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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

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Case No. : WP(C)/1994/2024

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BHABITA BORDOLOI W/O- LATE BHAKTA NARAYAN BORDOLOI, R/O- VILLAGE- NA-BHETI, MORIGAON, P.O.- MORIGAON, P.S.- MORIGAON, DISTRICT- MORIGAON, ASSAM.

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VERSUS

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THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 4 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, TRIBAL AFFAIRS (PLAINS) DEPARTMENT, (ERSTWHILE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE OF PLAIN TRIBES AND BACKWARD CLASSES), DISPUR, GUWAHATI- 781006.

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2:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI- 781006.

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3:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI- 781006. 4:THE DIRECTOR OF WELFARE OF PLAINS TRIBES AND BACKWARD CLASSES ASSAM RUKMINI GAON

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P.O.- DISPUR

GUWAHATI- 781006.

5:THE ASSAM PLAIN TRIBES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR

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GANESHGURI DISPUR GUWAHATI- 6

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Advocate for the Petitioner : MR D KALITA, MR. H R DAS

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Advocate for the Respondent : SC, WPT AND BC, SC, APTDC,SC, FINANCE

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BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY

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ORDER

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Date : 03-09-2025

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Heard Mr. H.R. Das, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mr. R. Dhar, learned Additional Senior Government Advocate, Assam for the respondent nos. 1, 2 & 4; Mr. R. Borpujari, learned Standing Counsel, Finance Department for the respondent no. 3; and Ms. G. Swamy, learned counsel for the respondent no. 5.

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The petitioner had preferred the writ petition seeking retiral dues including arrear salaries, payable to the petitioner as the wife of her deceased husband, namely, Late Bhakta Narayan Bordoloi who was an employee in the Assam Plains and Tribes Development Corporation Limited.

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The date of death of Late Bhakta Narayan Bordoloi was 08.05.2017. The petitioner has based her claim on the basis of the Statements annexed as Annexure-2 to the writ petition.

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Ms. Swamy, learned counsel appearing for the respondent no. 5 has placed

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a copy of an Office Letter dated 25.03.2025 of the Managing Director of APTDC Ltd. to her.

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As per the said Office Letter dated 25.03.2025, the respondent APTDC Ltd. has already released the following dues to the petitioner which were found payable due to the services rendered by her deceased husband, Late Bhakta Narayan Bordoloi, Ex-UDA, APTDC Ltd. :-

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Name of the To	tal Due	Released	Remarks
petitioner
Smt. Bhabita Bordoloi [Petitioner], W/o. Arrear Salary	1,84,966.00	23,560.00 70,680.00 90,726.00	Sanction order No. PTDC/A/1094/2024/306/2204, dtd. 24.01.2025
Late Bhakta Narayan Bordoloi		1,84,966.00	No PTDC/A/1094/2024/341
, Ex-UDA, APTDC			. , dtd. 24.01.2025
Ltd. Gratuity	7,00,000.00	89,180.00
		2,67,540.00 3,43,280.00	No. PTDC/A/1094/2024/344, dtd. 13.03.2025
		7,00,000.00
Leave	4,98,010.00	63,459.00
Encashment		1,90,377.00
		2,44,174.00
		4,98,010.00

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As the amounts shown in the above Table are found tallying with Statements of entitlement shown in Annexure-2 to the writ petition, it is evident that the petitioner has received all the retirement dues entitled for the service rendered by her deceased husband, Late Bhakta Narayan Bordoloi. The writ petition is accordingly closed. Liberty, however, stands reserved to the petitioner if the petitioner is still aggrieved by non-release of any other retiral dues of her deceased husband, Late Bhakta Narayan Bordoloi.

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The Office Letter dated 25.03.2025 and the enclosure thereto are kept as part of the case record by marking them as document ‘X’.

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JUDGE

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