Sabdul Motleb Ali and 5 Ors v. The State of Assam and 5 Ors

ORDER Date : 17.07.2024

¶1Heard Mr. P. Daimary, learned counsel for the petitioners.

¶2Also heard Mr. U. Sarma, learned standing counsel, Secondary Education Department, for respondent Nos. 1, 3 & 5; Mr. A. Chalia, learned standing counsel, Finance Department, for respondent No. 2 and Mr. P. Nayek, learned standing counsel, SSA & BTC, for respondent Nos. 4 & 6.

¶3The petitioners, before this Court, are the retired Headmasters and Assistant Teachers of various High Schools of Dhubri and Kokrajhar districts and they are praying for a direction to the respondents to pay the earned leave encahsment benefits to the petitioners for a maximum period of 300 days by calculating 30 days per year after deducting the leave encashment benefits already paid to the petitioners.

¶4After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and on consideration of the materials available on record, this Court is of the considered opinion that the ends of justice would be met if the petitioners file separate representations before the respondent No. 3 / Director of Secondary Education, Assam within a Page No.# 4/4 period of 1 (one) month from today. Thereafter, the respondent No. 3, on receipt of representations filed by the petitioners, shall consider the same and pass a reasoned order to the respective representations of the petitioners in accordance with the settled positions of law within a period of 2 (two) months from the date of receipt of the said representations.

¶5With the above observations and directions, this writ petition is disposed of.

JUDGE Comparing Assistant

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