Achur Uddin Fakir v. the State of Assam and Ors.
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Gauhati High Court | WP(C)/4475/2025 | Justice Kaushik Goswami | Decided 08.08.2025 | Achur Uddin Fakir (retired teacher, Kashiartary Fulgasa M.E. Madrassa, Dhubri) v. State of Assam & Ors. Subject-matter: leave encashment / earned leave salary for 300 days on superannuation; parity with employees of non-vacation departments; deduction of amounts already paid under Judgment & Order dated 02.06.2011 in WP(C) No. 9851/2003 and Finance Department Office Memorandum dated 03.03.2012; retirement benefit granted for 246 days. Outcome: writ petition disposed of at motion stage; respondent Nos. 2 & 4 (Director of Elementary Education, Assam; District Elementary Education Officer, Dhubri) directed to verify and pay leave encashment up to 300 days minus benefit already availed within 3 months. Keywords: Article 226, earned leave, leave encashment, vacation department, superannuation, retirement benefit, motion stage disposal, Assam.