Riaz Uddin v. the State of Assam and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition WP(C)/2110/2016 (Gauhati High Court; neutral citation 2025:GAU-AS:2209) closed as infructuous on 04.03.2025 by Arun Dev Choudhury, J. Key elements: petitioner Ria Uddin (Karimganj); respondents include State of Assam, Director/District Elementary Education Officials, District Level Selection Committee Karimganj, and private respondent No. 5 Abdus Subhan; closure premised on repeal by The Assam Repealing Act, 2020 of the Assam Madrassa Education Provincialization Act, 1995 and the Assam Madrass Education (Provincialization of Services of Employees and Re-organization of Madrassa Educational Institutions Act, 2018; liberty to file afresh on a fresh cause of action; counsel: N. Z. Choudhury/A. R. Bhuyan (petitioner), P. N. Sarma (Elementary Education Dept.), A. B. T. Haque (Resp. 5).
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief adjudicated; writ petition closed as infructuous, with liberty reserved to the petitioner to approach the Court afresh on any fresh cause of action.