Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court WP(C)/984/2025 (decided 03.12.2025, Soumitra Saikia J.): dismissal from service by Dima Hasao Autonomous Council after departmental enquiry alleged to be ex-parte without opportunity and without subsistence allowance; recovery of misappropriated Government money; acquittal in criminal case G.R Case No. 155/2013; review of departmental proceedings sought post-acquittal; writ petition closed without expressing anything on merit with direction to examine and pass appropriate orders within 90 days; interim order vacated.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition closed and disposed of without expressing anything on merit; respondent department (through the Principal Secretary, Dima Hasao Autonomous Council) enabled to examine the matter and pass appropriate orders on the prayer seeking review of the departmental proceedings leading to dismissal, if permitted in law, within 90 days of receipt of a certified copy of the order; interim order, if any, vacated.