Purnima Choudhury v. the State of Assam and 5 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Infructuous writ petition closed without adjudication: Gauhati High Court, WP(C)/5379/2020, order dated 02.06.2025 by Justice Kardak Ete. Petitioner Purnima Choudhury (retired Junior Assistant, Office of the Executive Engineer, Dhubri Division (Irrigation), Gauripur) versus State of Assam and 5 Ors — Irrigation Department (Commissioner & Secretary; Chief Engineer, Chandmari; Executive Engineer, Dhubri Division), Finance Department (Commissioner & Secretary, Dispur), Accountant General (A and E) Assam, and private respondent Dipak Kalita. Ground of closure: petitioner's retirement from service rendering the petition infructuous. No relief granted, no amount awarded, no statute or precedent discussed. Counsel: M. J. Baruah for petitioner; N. Upadhyay (Irrigation), S. K. Medhi (AG), R. Borpujari (Finance) for respondents.
What did the court decide?
On counsel's submission that the petitioner had already retired from service, the writ petition had become infructuous and was accordingly closed as infructuous.