Anup Kumar Nath Vs Nabadeep Pathak, Acs — Contempt of Court | Gauhati HC (2026)

Anup Kumar Nath Vs Nabadeep Pathak, Acs — Contempt of Court | Gauhati HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Contempt petition disposed of and closed upon acknowledgement of substantial compliance with the directions in the order dated 20.09.2023 in WP(C) No. 242/2023; DLC minutes dated 11.09.2025 retained on record as Document “X”; petitioner granted liberty to avail any remedy available in law against any surviving grievance.

Issue for consideration

Whether the directions contained in this Court's order dated 20.09.2023 in WP(C) No. 242/2023 (relating to consideration of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground) have been substantially complied with, so that the contempt proceeding may be closed. +1 more

Court's answer

In view of the submissions of the parties and the substantial compliance of the directions issued by this Court (order dated 20.09.2023 in WP(C) No. 242/2023), no further order is called for in the contempt proceeding.

Ratio / Principle

The petition stands disposed of.

Key takeaways

The contempt petition stands closed.ratio¶21
It is made clear that if the petitioner remains aggrieved by the subsequent order of the authorities, he is free to avail such remedy as may be available in law.ratio¶22

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt case (Cont.Cas(C)/519/2025), Gauhati High Court (Budi Habung, J.), decided 10.06.2026 — Petitioner Anup Kumar Nath had initiated contempt proceedings over implementation of the Court's order dated 20.09.2023 in WP(C) No. 242/2023 concerning his appointment on compassionate ground. Respondent's counsel produced the minutes of the District Level Committee (DLC) meeting dated 11.09.2025, submitting that the petitioner's case was considered in compliance of the said order and that the DLC decided not to recommend his application; he therefore prayed for closing of the contempt petition as substantially complied with. Petitioner's counsel did not dispute this and sought liberty to pursue appropriate remedy for any surviving grievance. The Court kept the DLC minutes on record as Document “X”, held that no further order was called for given the substantial compliance of its directions, disposed of and closed the contempt petition, and clarified that the petitioner remains free to avail such remedy as may be available in law if still aggrieved by the subsequent order of the authorities.

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GAHC010213532025

THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT

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

Case No. : Cont.Cas(C)/519/2025

ANUP KUMAR NATH

S/O LATE GIRIN CHANDRA NATH, R/O VILL- RAGHUNANDANPUR, P.O.BOITAMARI, P.S.- ABHAYAPURI, DIST- BONGAIGAON, ASSAM VERSUS

NABADEEP PATHAK, ACS

THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, BONGAIGAON -CUM- CHAIRMAN, DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEE, BONGAIGAON, ASSAM

Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. R ALI, N PERVIN,MR. MUSTAFA HUSSAIN Advocate for the Respondent : MR. D NATH, R SAHIINII

BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BUDI HABUNG ORDER

Date : 10.06.2026

Heard Mr. M. Hussain, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. D. Nath, learned counsel for the sole respondent.

2] Mr. D. Nath, learned counsel for the respondent has produced a copy of minutes of meeting of the District Level Committee (DLC) regarding appointment on compassionate ground dated 11.09.2025 conducted on 11.09.2025 and submits that the case of the petitioner was considered in compliance of the order dated 20.09.2023, passed in WP(C) No. 242/2023 whereby after considering all aspects including the order of this Court, the DLC decided not to recommend the application of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground. Mr. D. Nath, learned counsel for the respondent further

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submits that in view of the above order and directions, this Court’s order dated 20.09.2023, passed in WP(C) No. 242/2023 and the contempt proceeding have substantially been complied with and therefore, he prays for closing of the contempt petition.

3] The learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. M. Hussain has not disputed the submissions of the learned counsel for the respondent. However, he prays for a liberty to be granted to the petitioner to avail appropriate remedy in the event any surviving grievance remains.

4] The minutes of meeting of the District Level Committee regarding appointment on compassionate ground dated 11.09.2025 be kept as a part of record of this contempt proceedings and marked as Document “X”.

5] In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and the substantial compliance of the directions issued by this Court, no further order is called for in the present proceeding.

6] Accordingly, the petition stands disposed of.

7] With the above observations and direction, this contempt petition stands closed.

8] It is however, made clear that if the petitioner is still aggrieved by the subsequent order of the authorities, it shall be open to the petitioner to avail such remedy as may be available in law.

JUDGE

Comparing Assistant