ABUL KALAM BARBHUIYA AND 4 ORS. vs THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 2 ORS. Advocate - MR. S DUTTA, ,MR A CHALIHA — WA/171/2026

Case under Gauhati High Court Rules Section 5. Next hearing: 03rd September 2026.

Next hearing 03-Sep-2026

CNR: GAHC010027172026

e-Filing Number

10-02-2026

Filing Number

WA/1502/2026

Filing Date

10-Feb-2026

Registration No

WA/171/2026

Registration Date

01-Jun-2026

Judge

Honourable The Chief Justice , Honourable Mr. Justice Arun Dev Choudhury

Coram

Honourable The Chief Justice , Honourable Mr. Justice Arun Dev Choudhury

Category

10237 - Writ Appeals under the Gauhati High Court Rules. ( 204 )

Judicial Branch

Civil Section

Last updated 18-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Gauhati High Court Rules Section 5

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.ABUL KALAM BARBHUIYA AND 4 ORS.

    Adv. MR. S CHAUHAN, ,MR. P MAZUMDER,B CHOWHAN

  2. 2.ARIF MOHAMMAD

    Adv. PRASENJIT MAZUMDER

  3. 3.HIROK DAS

    Adv. PRASENJIT MAZUMDER

  4. 4.JANMEJOY CHAKRABORTY

    Adv. PRASENJIT MAZUMDER

  5. 5.SUJOY DAS,

    Adv. PRASENJIT MAZUMDER

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 2 ORS. Advocate - MR. S DUTTA, ,MR A CHALIHA

  2. 2.THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM,

  3. 3.THE PROJECT DIRECTOR

Case History

  1. 03-Sep-2026

    Next hearingPending

  2. 03-Sep-2026

    - For Fresh Admission Without Stay/Bail -

    Honourable The Chief Justice , Honourable Mr. Justice Arun Dev Choudhury

  3. 17-Jun-2026

    Honourable The Chief Justice,honourable Mr. Justice Arun Dev ChoudhuryView PDF

    Case Summary: WA/171/2026 Outcome: Case adjourned to 03.09.2026 for further consideration. Five Accredited Engineers hired contractually in 2010 under MGNREGA appealed the dismissal of their writ petition seeking minimum wages parity and job security until age 60. The Single Judge dismissed their case, holding that contractual MGNREGA employees are governed by specific contract terms with no regularization claims. The appellants argued they seek only minimum wages and tenure fixity, not regularization, and cited a 2017 precedent extending such benefits to similar workers in the same department. The bench noted the Panchayat & Rural Development Department may have been excluded from a February 2021 Cabinet decision benefiting contractual employees elsewhere, directing the State counsel to gather information on current MGNREGA engineer wages before the next hearing. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  4. 10-Feb-2026

    Case filed

    Registration No. WA/171/2026

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: WA/171/2026 Outcome: Case adjourned to 03.09.2026 for further consideration. Five Accredited Engineers hired contractually in 2010 under MGNREGA appealed the dismissal of their writ petition seeking minimum wages parity and job security until age 60. The Single Judge dismissed their case, holding that contractual MGNREGA employees are governed by specific contract terms with no regularization claims. The appellants argued they seek only minimum wages and tenure fixity, not regularization, and cited a 2017 precedent extending such benefits to similar workers in the same department. The bench noted the Panchayat & Rural Development Department may have been excluded from a February 2021 Cabinet decision benefiting contractual employees elsewhere, directing the State counsel to gather information on current MGNREGA engineer wages before the next hearing. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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