Authority: Gauhati High Court (High Court of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh)
Order Date: 14 October 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioners: Society of Guardians, Silchar Collegiate School, represented by President Mr. Itunjya Chakraborty (son of late Atul Chandra Chakraborty), and the Silchar Collegiate School Teachers and Staff Association represented by its Principal.
- Respondents: State of Assam and seven officials – Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam (Secondary Education Dept., Dispur, Guwahati‑6), Director of Secondary Education Assam (Kahilipara, Guwahati‑19), Deputy Commissioner Cachar (now District Commissioner, Silchar), Executive Magistrate Himasree Deka, Principal Silchar Collegiate School, Inspector of Schools (Cachar District Circles, Silchar), and the Teachers and Staff Association.
- Linked case: Public Interest Litigation No. 35/2024 involving the same parties.
- The petitioners filed Interlocutory Application I.A. (Civil) No. 3471/2026 and the PIL, seeking relief against the respondents.
- Counsel for the petitioners (Mr. A.R. Sikdar and Mr. S.I. Talukdar) later applied to withdraw both the interlocutory application and the PIL.
Final Outcome
- The Hon’ble Chief Justice Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, together with Justice Kaushik Goswami, allowed the withdrawal.
- Both the interlocutory application and the public interest litigation were formally dismissed as withdrawn.
Topics: Legal Withdrawal, Education Litigation