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Khandakar Shamsul Afrin v. Mrs. L. Sweety Changsan, IAS and Anr.

Gauhati HC17 Mar 2026Cont.Cas(C)/578/2025

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What is this about?

Contempt petition; ex-gratia compensation; alleged kidnapping of son; District Commissioner Dhubri; speaking order dated 09.12.2025 rejecting claim; compliance with High Court directions dated 09.10.2023 in WP(C) No. 2490/2017; Revenue & Disaster Management Department, Government of Assam; Additional Chief Secretary; Khandakar Shamsul Afrin; liberty to file appropriate application; petition closed; Gauhati High Court.

What did the court decide?

Contempt petition closed, the Court's directions of 09.10.2023 in WP(C) No. 2490/2017 having been complied with; petitioner granted liberty to assail the speaking order dated 09.12.2025 by way of an appropriate application; the instruction furnished by Ms. N. Bordoloi kept on record and marked 'X' for identification. ¶21

Khandakar Shamsul Afrin Vs Mrs. L. Sweety Changsan, IAS… — Contempt of Court | Gauhati HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether the directions passed by this Court vide order dated 09.10.2023 in WP(C) No. 2490/2017 (regarding the petitioner's ex-gratia compensation claim before the District Commissioner, Dhubri) stand complied with, such that the contempt petition alleging their violation cannot be sustained.

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Court's answer

The speaking order dated 09.12.2025 passed by the District Commissioner, Dhubri rejecting the petitioner's ex-gratia claim was issued in compliance with the Court's directions contained in its order dated 09.10.2023 in WP(C) No. 2490/2017.

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Ratio / Principle

Since the directions passed by the Court stand complied with, the present contempt petition stands closed.

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Key takeaways

Liberty is reserved to the petitioner to assail the speaking order dated 09.12.2025 by way of filing an appropriate application.ratio¶21

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt Petition (Gauhati High Court, N. Unni Krishnan Nair, J., Cont.Cas(C)/578/2025, order dated 18.03.2026): Petition alleging violation of the Court's directions dated 09.10.2023 in WP(C) No. 2490/2017 — whereby the petitioner was granted liberty to approach the District Commissioner, Dhubri with a representation for ex-gratia compensation on account of the alleged kidnapping of his son by accused persons named in the FIR, and the District Commissioner was directed to consider the claim and, if entitled, forward it to the Revenue & Disaster Management Department, Government of Assam — was closed. The District Commissioner produced a speaking order dated 09.12.2025 rejecting the ex-gratia claim after due enquiry, which the Court held to have been issued in compliance with its directions. Liberty granted to the petitioner to assail the speaking order by way of an appropriate application.

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GAHC010239282025

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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)/578/2025

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KHANDAKAR SHAMSUL AFRIN

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S/O LT. KHANDAKAR ABDUL GANI, R/O VILL DANGARKUCHI, P.OSONKUCHI, P.S- BARPETA, DIST- BARPETA, ASSAM, PIN- 781314

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VERSUS

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MRS. L. SWEETY CHANGSAN, IAS AND ANR THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, REVENUE (RELIEF AND REHABILITATION) AND D.M. DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GHY- 06

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2:DIBAKAR NATH IAS THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER DHUBRI ASSAM P.O AND P.S AND DIST- DHUBRI ASSAM PIN- 78330

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Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. M HUSSAIN, MR A.K. MOLLAH,MR. R I MONDAL

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Advocate for the Respondent : MR. D SAIKIA (R-1), MS. N BORDOLOI(R2),MR. A BHATTACHARYYA(R2),MR. D SAIKIA(R2),MR. A BHATTACHARYYA (R-1),MS G HAZARIKA (R-1),MR. R BORPUJARI (R-1)

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BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR

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ORDER

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Date : 18.03.2026

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The present contempt petition was instituted alleging violation of the directions passed by this Court vide order dated 09.10.2023 in WP(C).No.2490/2017. Vide the said order, this Court had granted liberty to the petitioner to approach the District Commissioner, Dhubri, by way of submitting a representation with regard to the ex-gratia compensation on account of the alleged kidnapping of his son by accused persons named in the FIR.

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2. This Court further directed the District Commissioner, Dhurbri, to consider the same and in the event, the petitioner is found entitled on the basis of materials brought on record for grant of ex-gratia compensation, to forward the same to the Revenue & Disaster Management, Department of Government of Assam, for release of the said ex-gratia amount after further verification as may be mandated.

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3. Ms. N. Bordoloi, learned counsel, appearing for the respondent no.2 has placed on record a speaking order dated 09.12.2025 passed by the District Commissioner, Dhubri, i.e. the respondent no.2, wherein, after due enquiry, the claim of the petitioner for grant of ex-gratia compensation came to be rejected.

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4. This Court has perused the speaking order dated 09.12.2025 and finds that the same was so issued in compliance to the direction passed by this Court vide the said order 09.10.2023.

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5. Accordingly, the directions passed having been complied with, the present contempt petition stands closed. However, liberty is granted to the petitioner to assail the said speaking order by way of filing an appropriate application.

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6. The instruction furnished by Ms. N. Bordoloi, is kept on record and marked as ‘X’ for the purpose of identification.

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JUDGE

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