Mary Jopir v. The State of Ap and 2 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Mary Jopir v. The State of AP & Ors; WP(C)/444/2024; Gauhati High Court, Itanagar Bench; single judge N. Unni Krishnan Nair; decided 02-06-2025; writ petition closed/disposed as no live issue; challenge to transfer order dated 19.09.2024 (Pasighat Division to Ziro); replacement by respondent No.3 Kaling Taloh from Anini Division; grievance: regular incumbent in Assistant Engineer cadre replaced by officer not regularly appointed/promoted; Government modifying order dated 23.10.2024; petitioner retained as ASW/AE at Pasighat Division; Urban Development and Housing Department / Urban Affairs, Arunachal Pradesh; interim order merged with final order; no statutes or precedents cited; no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief adjudicated; the writ petition was closed as no live issue survived following the Government's modifying order dated 23.10.2024, and the interim order earlier passed was directed to stand merged with this order.