Hemanta Bijoy Mahanta v. the Union of India and 3 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Withdrawal of writ petition WP(C)/5925/2025 (neutral citation 2025:GAU-AS:15257-DB), Gauhati High Court, 12.11.2025, Coram: Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar (author) and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury. Petitioner: Hemanta Bijoy Mahanta, retired Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Dibrugarh (Dr. G.J. Sharma). Respondents: Union of India (B. Chakravarty, CGC); Chairperson, CBDT; CBDT; Department of Personnel and Training (S.C. Keyal, Standing Counsel for R-2 and R-3). Subject: disciplinary proceeding against petitioner concluded and punishment awarded; permission to withdraw granted; petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to challenge punishment before appropriate forum. No statutes or precedents engaged.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the petitioner to challenge the punishment awarded and to pursue his remedies before an appropriate forum.