Deva Kumar Phukan and 36 Ors. v. B. Kalyan Chakravarthy, IAS
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt — compliance with writ direction — regularization and provincialisation of teachers' services — Assam Education (Provincialisation of Services of Teachers and Re-organization of Educational Institutions) Act, 2017 — order dated 09.02.2022 in WP(C) 736/2022 held complied with by departmental order dated 20.02.2024 of Secretary, School Education — two Assistant Teachers of Sonitpur (Prasanna Sarma; Minati Sonowal) provincialised subject to eligibility criteria — Director of Secondary Education directed to follow up — contempt petition closed — petitioners' non-appearance on call and on 15.07.2025 — liberty to challenge departmental decision — Gauhati High Court, Arun Dev Choudhury, J., 06.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition closed, the Court having recorded that the order dated 09.02.2022 in WP(C) 736/2022 stands complied with; petitioners left free to challenge the departmental decision dated 20.02.2024 if aggrieved; copy of the order dated 20.02.2024 kept on record.