Diptiman Bathari and 4 Ors v. The N C Hills Autonomous Council, and 9 Ors

PageoNo.#o1/4 GAHC010224982023 ooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooTHEoGAUHATIoHIGHoCOURTo (HIGHoCOURToOFoASSAM,oNAGALAND,oMIZORAMoANDoARUNACHALoPRADESH)o CaseoNo.o:oI.A.(Civil)/3102/2023o DIPTIMANoBATHARIoANDo4oORS.o S/O.oSRIoDAITYALALoBATHARI,oVILL.oDOLIADISA,oP.O.oANDoP.S.oMAIBANG, DIST.oDIMAoHASAO,oASSAM. 2:oLALKUMTHLUNGAoLALSIM oS/O.oSRIoROIPUIAoNGIRISM oVILL.oMUAIDAMoB oP.O.oKHARTHONG oP.S.oUMRANGSO oDIST.oDIMAoHASAO oASSAM. 3:oDULUMONIoLONGMAILAI oD/O.oSRIoAUROJIToLANGTHASA oVILL.oMEGHANARAYANPUR oP.O.oANDoP.S.oMAIBANG oDIST.oDIMAoHASAO oASSAM 4:oAMALoLANGTHASA oS/O.oLABCHANDoLANGTHASA oVILL.oDAMADIoHAWAR oP.O.oANDoP.S.oMAIBANG oDIST.oDIMAoHASAO oASSAM 5:oJOHNSONoDARNEI oS/O.oSRIoROIPUIAoDARNEI oVILL.oTHURUKoB oP.O.oKHARTHONG oP.S.oUMRANGSO oDIST.oDIMAoHASAO oASSAMo PageoNo.#o2/4 VERSUSo THEoNoCoHILLSoAUTONOMOUSoCOUNCIL,oANDo9oORS.o HAFLONGoREP.oBYoTHEoPRINCIPALoSECRETARY,DIMAoHASAOo AUTONOMOUSoCOUNCIL,oHAFLONG,o788819 2:THEoADDL.oDIRECTORoOFoEDUCATIONo(H) oASSAM oHAFLONG 3:THEoINSPECTORoOFoSCHOOLS oDIMAoHASAOoDISTRICToCIRCLE oHAFLONG oASSAM 4:THEoHEADMASTERoOFoPUBLICoENGLISHoHIGHoSCHOOL oHARANGAJAO oDIMAoHASAO oASSAM 5:THEoHEADoMASTERoOFoKHARTHONGoM.E.oSCHOOL oKHARTHONGoDIMAoHASAO oASSAM 6:THEoHEADMASTERoOFoTLANGSANGoM.E.oSCHOOL oHATIKHALI oDIMAoHASAO oASSAM 7:THEoHEADoMASTERoOFoTUOLPUIoHIGHoSCHOOL oDIMAoHASAO oASSAM 8:THEoHEADoMASTERoOFoTHURUKoM.E.oSCHOOL oDIMAoHASAO oASSAM 9:THEoSTATEoOFoASSAM oREPRESENTEDoBYoTHEoCOMMISSIONERoANDoSECRETARYoTOoTHEoGOVT.o OFoASSAM oELEMENTARYoEDUCATIONoDEPARTMENT oDISPUR oGUWAHATI-06. 10:THEoSECRETARYoTOoTHE oGOVT.oOFoASSAM oFINANCEoDEPARTMENT oDISPUR Page No.# 3/4 GHY-Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S D PURKAYASTHA, MS S.S.BORA Advocate for the Respondent : SC, N C HILLS, SC, FINANCE,SC, ELEM. EDU Linked Case : DIPTIMAN BATHARI AND 4 ORS. VERSUS THE N C HILLS AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL AND 9 ORS. B ------------ Advocate for : MR. S D PURKAYASTHA Advocate for : appearing for THE N C HILLS AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL AND 9 ORS. B

BEFORE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANASH RANJAN PATHAK 06/08/2024 Heard Mr. S D Purkayastha, learned counsel for the applicants and Mr. C Sarma, learned Standing counsel, North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council, Haflong for the opposite party Nos. 1 to 3. No representation on behalf of the respondent Nos. 4 to 8 though notice was duly served upon them as can be seen from the order dated 16.07.2024. The State respondent Nos. 9 and 10 also remained unrepresented though names of the concerned Standing counsel have been reflected in the cause list. The applicants as petitioners earlier preferred a writ petition being WP(C) No. 1335/2018 Page No.# 4/4 which was dismissed by this Court by order dated 02.08.2023. Against the said order of dismissal dated 02.08.2023 passed in said WP(C) No. 1335/2018, the applicant as petitioner have preferred a review petition on 06.10.2023 with a delay of 28 days. Hence, this application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act praying for condonation of said delay of 28 days in preferring the review petition filed on 06.10.2023. Heard the learned counsels for the parties. It is seen that the applicant could show sufficient reasons for the delay of 28 days in preferring the connected review petition against the order dated 02.08.2023 passed by this Court earlier in WP(C) No. 1335/2018. Considering the same, the delay of 28 days in preferring the connected review petition is hereby condoned. Accordingly, this Interlocutory Application stands allowed. Registry shall register and number the connected review petition and shall list the matter for admission, accordingly.

JUDGE Comparing Assistant