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Pallabi Saikia v. Pomi Baruah and Anr.

Gauhati HC12 Mar 2026Cont.Cas(C)/318/2024

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Contempt petition alleging non-compliance of a writ order directing promotion of an Assistant Professor under the Career Advancement Scheme. Promotion having been effected, the court held the writ order complied with and closed the contempt petition, leaving the grievance on retrospective effect of promotion to be raised before an appropriate forum.

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Pallabi Saikia Vs Pomi Baruah and Anr. — Contempt of Court | Gauhati HC (2026)

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GAHC010109532024

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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

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Case No. : Cont.Cas(C)/318/2024

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PALLABI SAIKIA

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JORHATW/O- ABHIJIT KAKOTY, R/O- FLAT NO. 4C, BLOCK-B, HARA-GAURI APARTMENT, OPPOSITE ELITE GAS AGENCY, TARAZAN, A.T. ROAD, DIST. JORHAT, ASSAM, PIN- 785001.

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VERSUS

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POMI BARUAH AND ANR DIRECTOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION, KAHILIPARA, GUWAHATI, KAMRUP(M), ASSAM, PIN- 781019.

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2:MANJIT GOGOI PRINCIPAL JHANJI HEMNATH SARMA COLLEGE P.O. JHANJI DIST. SIVASAGAR PIN- 785683 ASSA

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Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. M K CHOUDHURY, MR P BHARDWAJ,MR. M SARMA,MR. D. BORAH

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Advocate for the Respondent : MR. K GOGOI, MR A KHANIKAR (R-2),MR S DAS

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BEFORE

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HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN DEV CHOUDHURY

ORDER

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13-03-2026

This court under its order dated 11.01.2024 passed in WP(C) 6887/2023 issued the following directions:

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“In view of the above, the writ petition stands disposed of directing the respondent No. 2, i.e. the Director of Higher Education, Assam as well as the respondent Nos. 3,4 and 5 to process the case of the petitioner for her promotion under the Career Advancement Scheme from the grade of Assistant Professor (Stage-I) to that of Assistant Professor (Stage-II) in the Department of Education in Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College, Sivasagar by following the Office Memorandum dated 13.11.2013 and to calculate the Academic Performance Indicator score of the petitioner including that for the period she was on permitted leave, in accordance with the procedure prescribed in the said Public Notice dated 05.09.2018 issued by the University Grants Commission and thereafter, to promote the petitioner, in the event she satisfies all other eligibility criterion, to the level of Assistant Professor (Stage-II) w.e.f. 29.11.2021 will al consequential benefits of pay, seniority, etc.”

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As promotion has been affected, in the opinion of this court the order dated 11.01.2024 passed in WP(C) 6887/2023 has been complied with. 3. Accordingly, the present contempt petition stands closed. However, the grievance of the petitioner raised in this contempt petition that effect of promotion ought to have been given from 29.11.2021 can be agitated before the appropriate forum, if so advised.

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The Notification dated 08.08.2025 as well as Notification dated

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22.02.2026 are kept on record.

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JUDGE

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