Rakhi Devi and 46 Ors v. The State of Assam and 10 Ors

ORDER Date : 17-10-2023 Heard Mr. I.H. Laskar, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. B. Gogoi, learned counsel for the authorities under the SSA, Ms. D.D. Barman, learned Additional Senior Government Advocate for the Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup and Mr. Ganesh Pegu, learned counsel for the Elementary Education Department of Government of Assam.

¶2The petitioners claim that they were earlier engaged as Sanyogi Siksha Karmi and their serves have been dispensed with in the year 2012 itself but the petitioners rely upon an order dated 27.06.2022 of this Court rendered in Page No.# 12/14 WP(C)/4247/2022, which is extracted as below: "Heard Mr. N.K. Kalita, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. P.N. Sharma, learned standing counsel for Elementary Education Department for respondent Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7. Ms. A. Tarana, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Mr. B. Gogoi, learned standing counsel, Sarba Siksha Abhijan, appears on behalf of respondent Nos. 3, 8 and 9 and Mr. P. Saikia, learned Govt. Advocate for respondent No.4.

¶2Petitioners earlier served as Sanyogi Siksha Karmi under the Sarba Siksha Abhijan (SSA in short), Assam since 2005. However, the posts of Sanyogi Siksha Karmi under SSA, Assam were abolished in the year 2012 and since then, they are not in service.

¶3Representatives of the petitioner's association namely, All Assam Sanyogi Siksha Karmi Union along with the concerned departmental Minister of Education and concerned officials of the SSA had a meeting held on 23.02.2016 wherein 6(six) resolutions were taken. The same reads as under: " › The genuine list of Siksha Karmi's will be submitted by the Sanyogi Siksha Karmi Union to the MD, SSA within a week. The list will be submitted genuine one there should not be any mismatch of date. The State Mission Office of SSA, Assam will verify the list as per record. › It is decided that inclusion of Ka-shreni at elementary level will increase the enrolment and quality education. The Mission Director, SSA will submit the proposal to the Govt. of India. (PAB, 3rd March, 2016) for inclusion of Ka-shreni at Elementary level. › It is reiterated to create five number of posts against five number of classes in elementary level. › It is resolved that preference will be given to the Sanyogi Siksha Karmi's during the time of filling up of vacancies in Ka-shreni in future. › Priority will be given to the Sanyogi Siksha Karmi's against any vacancies under elementary department. › The union will call of their ongoing agitation as assured in the meeting."

¶4It is the case of the petitioners that the State Government in the Education Department is contemplating to rename certain policies as per the New Education Policy (NEP). As such the petitioners Union made a representation dated 01.02.2022 before the Mission Director, SSA, Assam to consider their cases and to appoint them in terms of the resolution dated 23.02.2016 as teachers in Pre-Primary Schools under the New Education Policy to be adopted by the State Government. Page No.# 13/14

¶5However, as the representation is yet to be disposed of by the SSA, Assam, the petitioners have preferred this writ petition praying amongst others for a direction to the Mission Director, SSA, Assam to appoint or accommodate them as teachers in Ka-shreni/Foundation stage under the Elementary Education Department under the New Education Policy.

¶6Learned standing counsel for the Elementary Education Department as well as SSA, Assam submits that the provisions of New Education Policy has not yet been adopted either by the State Government in the Elementary Education Department or by the SSA, Assam.

¶7On that ground, the petitioners are allowed to file fresh representation before the Mission Director, SSA, Assam, along with the certified copy of this order with the copies of the writ petition including the annexures appended thereto on or before

15.07.2022 stating their grievances before the said authority obtaining necessary acknowledgement from him/her in that regard.

¶8In the event of filling such representation by the petitioners, as directed above, within the stipulated period of time, the respondent authorities shall consider the case of the petitioners as per their entitlement, if any, being served as Sanyogi Siksha Karmi since 2005 and shall communicate the petitioners about the outcome of their representation.

¶9With the above observation and direction, this writ petition stands disposed of."

¶3The petitioners claim that being similarly situation they are also entitled to the same benefits. The purport of the order dated 27.06.2022 is that the writ petitioners therein may submit representation before the Mission Director of SSA and in the event of filing such representation, the respondent authorities shall pass a reasoned order on such representation and communicate the petitioners of any such order that may be passed.

¶4The same order is also passed in respect of the present petitioners and the petitioners may also submit representation and in the event of representation being submitted, the Director may pass any reasoned order as advisable under the law.

¶5We clarify that by allowing the petitioners to submit representation, we Page No.# 14/14 are not expressing any view on the merit of the claim of the petitioners and it is for the Mission Director of SSA to pass any reasoned order as may be applicable as per law and whatever order is passed may be communicated to the petitioners.

Writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms.

JUDGE Comparing Assistant

PageoNo.#o1/14 GAHC010249712022 ooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooTHEoGAUHATIoHIGHoCOURTo (HIGHoCOURToOFoASSAM,oNAGALAND,oMIZORAMoANDoARUNACHALoPRADESH)o CaseoNo.o:oWP(C)/8411/2022o RAKHIoDEVIoANDo46oORSo D/OoLATEoKRISHNAoBAHADURoCHETRY,oR/OoVILL-oBHALUKGHATA,oP.O.- BHALUKGHATA,oP.S.-BOKO,oDIST-oKAMRUP,oASSAM,oPIN-781123 2:oKUSHALoMALI oS/OoANANDIoMALI oR/OoVILL-oBIRPARA oP.O.-BIRPARA oPIN-781123 3:oTHULEMAoRABHA oD/OoLATEoRAHINoRABHA oR/OoVILL-NALAPARA oP.O.-NALAPARAo(HAHIM) oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781129 4:oSAHJAHANoALI oS/OoSULTANoALI oR/OoVILL-NO.oJAMBARI oP.O.-JAMBARI oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781141 5:oEUSUFoALIoAHMED oS/OoMDoSONAoUDDIN oR/OoVILLoNO.oJAMBARI PageoNo.#o2/14 oP.O.-JAMBARI oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781141 6:oMD.oKASHERoALI oS/OoLATEoSONALIoSHEIKH oR/OoVILL-oALOKJARI oP.O.-BHALUKGHATA oPIN-781123 7:oMD.oJAHIDURoRAHMAN oS/OoMD.oSULTANoALI oR/OoVILL-BARPARA oP.O.-BOKO oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781123 8:oMD.oNACHIMoALI oS/OoLATEoKACHIMoALI oR/OoVILL-PAYRANGA oP.O.-BOKO oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781123 9:oJAINoUDDIN oS/OoHANIFoALI oR/OoVILL-HABIPARA oP.O.-HABIPARA oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oDIST-KAMRUP 10:oSHOKIMoUDDINoAHMED oS/OoAZIMoUDDIN oR/OoVILL-CHOUDHURYoPAM oP.O.-KALATOLI oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oDIST-KAMRUP PageoNo.#o3/14 11:oNURULoISLAM oS/OoMUNNAFoALI oR/OoVILL-oBHITORDUAR oP.O.-BHITORDUAR oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oPIN-781137 12:oABDULoBARAQUE oS/OoLALCHANoALI oR/OoVILL-oNO.o1oKALIPANI oP.O.-PANIoKHATIE oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oPIN-781137 13:oHAYEToALI oS/OoSHUKURoALI oR/OoVILL-DAKSHINoMOHIMARI oP.O.-MOHIMARI oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781137 14:oSAYFULoISLAM oS/OoTAIZUDDINoAHMED oR/OoVILL-NO.o1oKALIPANI oP.O.-PANIoKHATIE oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781137 15:oMOBEDAoHOQUEoCHOUDHURY oD/OoABDULoKUDDUS oR/OoVILL-oNO.oTAPARoPATHAR oP.O.-TAPARoPATHAR oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781137 PageoNo.#o4/14 16:oKHOWAZoUDDIN oS/OoHAZRAToALI oR/OoVILL-oNO.oTAPARoPATHAR oP.O.-TAPARoPATHAR oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781137 17:oRAHIMoBADSHA oS/OoLATEoJAMALoUDDIN oR/OoVILL-BAGHMARA oP.O.-TAPARoPATHAR oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781137 18:oMD.oSALAMoUDDIN oS/OoLATEoJABEDoALI oR/OoVILL-BAGHMARA oP.O.-TAPARoPATHAR oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781137 19:oSUFIAoKHATUN oD/OoNATUoMIAH oR/OoVILL-KACHORI oP.O.-KALITOLIoBAZAR oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oDIST-KAMRUP 20:oNASIMoUDDINoAHMED oS/OoKURBANoALI oR/OoVILL-SASATARoSUTI oP.O.-TAPARoPATHAR oP.S.-CHHAYGAON oDIST-KAMRUP oPIN-781137 21:oAKMOLoHUSSAIN oS/OoHUSSAINoALI oR/OoVILL-o1oNO.oMALIoBARIoPATHAR PageoNo.#o5/14 oP.O.-MALIoBARIoPATHAR 22:oLATIFAoKHATUN oD/OoABDUSoSUBHAN oR/OoVILL-o4oNO.oMALIoBARIoPATHAR oP.O.-MALIoBARIoPATHAR 23:oSHAMSUNoNEHAR oD/OoABDULoHAKIMoSARKAR oR/OoVILL-o4oNO.oMALIoBARIoPATHAR oP.O.-MALIoBARIoPATHAR 24:oAMERoHAMZAoAHMED oS/OoABDULoBARIQUE oR/OoVILL-LOTURADIA oP.O.-MAHTOLI 25:oABDULoKALAMoAZAD oS/OoABDULoGANIoAHMED oR/OoVILL-NEULDOBA oP.O.-CHAMARIA 26:oSHAGERoALI oS/OoMOMERoALI oR/OoVILL-BARoARIKATI oP.O.-MAHTOLI PageoNo.#o6/14 27:oSOFERoUDDIN oS/OoKHALILURoRAHMAN oR/OoVILL-BARoARIKATI oP.O.-MAHTOLI 28:oMOBARAKoHUSSAIN oS/OoMONSERoALI oR/OoVILL-MORAKALOHI oP.O.-KALATOLI oP.S.-KALATOLI 29:oNASIMoUDDINoAHMED oS/OoROSTOMoALI oR/OoVILL-BATIAMARI oP.O.-MALIBARIPATHAR 30:oABUoTAHER oS/OoSAMSULoHOQUE oR/OoVILL-oNO.o2oMALIBARIoPATHER oP.O.-MALIBARI 31:oJOHIRULoISLAM oS/OoMOKSEDoALI oR/OoVILL-BEJORSUTI oP.O.-NAHTOLI PageoNo.#o7/14 32:oLALCHANoALI oS/OoFAZARoALI oR/OoVILL-BEJORSUTI oP.O.-MAHTOLI 33:oMD.oSAGARoALI oS/OoSIDDIKoALI oR/OoVILL-PURANGAON oP.O.-MAHTOLI 34:oNIRANJANoSARKAR oS/OoNITAIoSARKAR oR/OoVILL-SALMARA oP.O.-MALIBARIoBAZAR 35:oSAMSULoHOQUE oS/OoMAJIBARoRAHMAN oR/OoVILL-BATIAMARI oP.O.-MAILoBARIoPATHERoBAZAR 36:oMD.oSHAHADOToHUSSAIN oS/OoMD.oHAKIMoUDDIN oR/OoVILL-oBARoARIKATI oP.O.-MAHTOLI 37:oAFZALURoRAHMAN oS/OoAFAJUDDIN PageoNo.#o8/14 oR/OoVILL-BATIAMARI oP.O.-MALIBARIPATHERoBAZAR 38:oBAHARULoISLAM oS/OoABDULoKADER oR/OoVILL-BURAGAON oP.O.-BARUAoPATHAR 39:oHASSINAoBEGUM oD/OoFATHERoRAHMAN oR/OoVILL-o2oNO.oBARUAoPATHER oP.O.-BARUAoPATHER 40:oSANIARAoKHATUN oD/OoAFAZoUDDIN oR/OoVILL-oNO.o