Md. Yasin Ali v. the Assam State Housing Board and 2 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court, order dated 06.01.2026 by Soumitra Saikia, J., in WP(C)/2644/2023 with eleven linked matters (WP(C)/4697/2024, WP(C)/2642/2023, WP(C)/7437/2023, WP(C)/7569/2023, WP(C)/993/2025, WP(C)/47/2024, WP(C)/7341/2023, WP(C)/1269/2024, WP(C)/7552/2023, WP(C)/2711/2023, WP(C)/5563/2024): retired Assam State Housing Board employees seeking pay-revision arrears under Assam Services (RoP) Rules, 2017; SLPE adoption conditions under notification dated 17.01.2018; competence of the Board of Directors versus subordinate authority; directions to decide within 60 days and communicate; petitions allowed in part. Keywords: RoP 2017, Assam State Housing Board, SLPE, pay revision, arrears, superannuation, Board of Directors, Article 309, notification No.FPC.23/2016/17.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions allowed in part and disposed of with directions to the Assam State Housing Board to place the question of consideration/adoption of the RoP Rules, 2017 before its Board of Directors, which is to take a conscious decision within 60 days of receipt of a certified copy of the order (considering hardships faced by erstwhile employees and parity with other State Government employees) and communicate the decision to the petitioners.