Jakir Hossain and 4 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 69 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court Division Bench (WA/61/2026; 18-03-2026; Ashutosh Kumar, C.J. and Arun Dev Choudhury, J.) dismisses writ appeal by failed Category-A candidates (Jakir Hossain and 4 Ors) against APDCL's 2013 recruitment of 1064 Sahayaks. Challenge to Category-B selections (respondent Nos. 8-70) based on allegedly defective experience certificates, post-deadline documents, minors and under-qualified candidates was held to leave nothing to adjudicate because an earlier Division Bench had directed a fresh verification exercise, in compliance with which APDCL removed faulty appointees. Appeal dismissed; no finding on merits of the irregularities. Keywords: APDCL, Assam State Electricity Board, Sahayak, Category-A, Category-B, ITI passout, experience certificate, RTI, writ appeal dismissed, learned Single Judge judgment.
What did the court decide?
In view of the afore-noted direction of the Division Bench and the exercise carried out by the respondent/APDCL in compliance thereof, nothing remains to be adjudicated in this appeal.