Baban Das and 2 Ors v. Society of Guardians, and 7 Ors

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1.THEoSTATEoOFoASSAMoANDo6oORS REPRESENTEDoBYoTHEoCOMMISSIONERoANDoSECRETARYoTOoTHEoGOVT.o OFoASSAM,oSECONDARYoEDUCATIONoDEPT oDISPURoGUWAHATI-6. 2:THEoDIRECTORoOFoSECONDARYoEDUCATIONoASSAM KAHILIPARAoGUWAHATI-19. o3:THEoDEPUTYoCOMMISSIONERoCACHAR P.O.SILCHARoDIST.oCACHARoASSAM o4:SMT.oHIMASREEoDEKA EXECUTIVEoMAGISTRATEoCACHAR oP.O.oSILCHARoDIST.oCACHARoASSAMoPIN-o788001. Page No.# 3/4 5:THE PRINCIPAL SILCHAR COLLEGIATE SCHOOL P.O. SILCHAR DIST. CACHAR ASSAM PIN-788001. 6:THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS CACHAR DISTRICT CIRCLES SILCHAR P.O. SILCHAR DIST. CACHAR ASSAM PIN-788001. 7:SILCHAR COLLEGIATE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STAFF ASSOCIATION REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL P.O. SILCHAR DIST. CACHAR ASSAM PIN-788001.

For the Applicant(s)/Petitioner : Mr. B. Chakraborty, Advocate for the applicant in I.A.(Civil) No.2548/2024.

: Mr. A.R. Sikdar, Advocate for the petitioner in PIL No.35/2024 For the Respondent(s) : Mr. A.R. Sikdar, Advocate for respondent No.1 in I.A.(Civil) No.2548/2024. : Mr. R. Mazumdar, Standing Counsel, Secondary Education Department.

: Ms. R.B. Bora, Government Advocate, Assam.

: Mr. P.K. Roy, Senior Advocate assisted by Mrs. A. Chakraborty, Advocate for respondent Nos.6 and 8 in I.A. (Civil) No.2548/2024 and for respondent Nos.5 and 7 in PIL No.35/2024. – BEFORE – HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. VIJAY BISHNOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMAN SHYAM

02.09.2024 (Vijay Bishnoi, CJ)

The matter comes upon for consideration of the instant Interlocutory Application [I.A.(Civil) No.2548/2024], preferred on behalf of the applicants, namely, (1) Shri Baban Das, (2) Shri Santanu Roy and (3) Shri Tapan Sutradhar, Page No.# 4/4 with a prayer to implead them as party respondents in PIL No.35/2024. In PIL No.35/2024, the petitioner Society has raised an issue regarding induction of certain persons in School Management and Development Committee (SMDC) of Silchar Collegiate School, Silchar. The applicants have filed this application stating that they are directly going to be affected with any order that may be passed by this Court in PIL No.35/2024 since they are the guardians of some of the wards studying in the said School. Taking into consideration the above facts and circumstances of the case, we deem it appropriate to allow this Interlocutory Application and direct the petitioner Society to implead the applicants, namely, (1) Shri Baban Das, (2) Shri Santanu Roy and (3) Shri Tapan Sutradhar, as party respondent Nos.8, 9 and 10, respectively, in PIL No.35/2024. Copy of the writ petition (PIL) along with the requisite documents be supplied to the newly impleaded respondent Nos.8, 9 and 10 during the course of the day. Learned counsel for the petitioner is also directed to file amended cause-title of PIL No.35/2024 within a period of 3(three) days. Registry is directed to list PIL No.35/2024 after filing of the amended cause-tile. The instant Interlocutory Application is, accordingly, disposed of.

JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Comparing Assistant