Ganesh Halay and 4 Ors v. Niraj Verma, Ias and Anr

ORDER Date : 26.06.2024 Heard Ms. S.Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. D.Das, learned counsel for the respondents. Mr. D. Das has furnished a copy of the speaking order dated 02.06.2023 issued in pursuance to the directions passed by this Court vide order dated

03.01.2022 in WP( C) No. 1813/2020. A perusal of the same would reveal that the directions as passed by this court has been complied with and the said speaking order does not reflect commission of any willful and or deliberate violation of the order. Mr. Das has also placed an office order dated 02.12.2023 by which the remuneration for outsourced workers have enhanced in the manner as indicated herein. Ms. S. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that after issuing the said office order dated 02.12.2023, in terms of the direction passed Page No.# 3/3 by this court in the above noted writ proceeding, the respondents have vide office order dated 28.02.2024 limited the period of engagement of the outsourced manpower for 89 days only which she contends is not in tune with the directions passed by this court. Having noticed the said developments taking place in the matter and the decision as taken by the respondents, this Court finds that there is no willful and or deliberate violation of the orders passed by this court in the above noted writ petition and accordingly, the contempt petition stands closed. Liberty, however, is reserved with the petitioner to present a challenge to the speaking order dated 02.06.2023 along with the office order dated 02.12.2023 and the office order 28.02.2024 by way of filing an appropriate application. A copy of the speaking order dated 02.06.2023, office order 02.12.2023 and office order dated 28.02.2024 are kept on record and marked as 'A', 'B' and 'C' respectively.

JUDGE Comparing Assistant

PageoNo.#o1/3 GAHC010128202022 ooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooTHEoGAUHATIoHIGHoCOURTo (HIGHoCOURToOFoASSAM,oNAGALAND,oMIZORAMoANDoARUNACHALoPRADESH)o CaseoNo.o:oCont.Cas(C)/357/2022o GANESHoHALAYoANDo4oORS.o S/O-oDINESHoHALAY,o R/O-oBAREIGAON,oTAMULPUR,oBAKSA,oPIN-781367 2:oRIJULoHAQUE oS/O-oSAFAToALI o R/O-oGERUA oTAMULPUR oPIN-781367 3:oPINAKIoDEKA oD/O-oLATEoSANTAoSINGoDEKA o R/O-oSARAGAON oNAGAON oPIN-782103 4:oJUNMONIoLAHONoBORAH oD/O-oUPENoLAHONo o R/O-oVILLAGEoBHEHPARA oDHEMAJI oPIN-787057 5:oMINUoBORGOHAIN oD/O-oLAKHESWARoBORGOHAINo R/O-oPANITOLA oNARABIL oDHEMAJI oPIN-78705o VERSUSo Page No.# 2/3 NIRAJ VERMA, IAS AND ANR. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF ASSAM, POWER ( ELECTRICITY ) DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, ASSAM, PIN- 781006. 2:RAKESH KUMAR IAS MANAGING DIRECTOR ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LIMITED (APDCL) BIJULEE BHAWAN GUWAHATI PIN-78100 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR H K NATH Advocate for the Respondent : MR. P N GOSWAMI (r-1,2) BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR