THE STATE OF ASSAM and 3 ORS vs HITESH MAZUMDAR Advocate - IMSENKALA, ,MS. B CHOWDHURY,MR S DUTTA,MR A CHOWDHURY — I.A.(Civil)/1070/2025

Case under Constitution of India Section 226. Disposed: --Disposed Of on 01st April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: GAHC010066832025

e-Filing Number

25-03-2025

Filing Number

I.A.(Civil)/3872/2025

Filing Date

26-Mar-2025

Registration No

I.A.(Civil)/1070/2025

Registration Date

03-Apr-2025

Judge

Honourable Mr. Justice Devashis Baruah

Coram

Honourable Mr. Justice Devashis Baruah

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

10301 - Interlocutory Application (Civil) ( 382 )

Judicial Branch

Civil Section

Decision Date

01-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

--Disposed Of

Last updated 02-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Constitution of India Section 226

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF ASSAM and 3 ORS

    Adv. JR. GA, ASSAM

  2. 2.THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY

  3. 3.THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY

  4. 4.THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT oF ASSAM

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.HITESH MAZUMDAR Advocate - IMSENKALA, ,MS. B CHOWDHURY,MR S DUTTA,MR A CHOWDHURY

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 01-Apr-2026

    Honourable Mr. Justice Devashis BaruahView PDF

  3. 07-Mar-2026

    Category A - Legality And Validity Of The Report Dtd. 02.04.22,...Consequential Actions Thereto

    Honourable Mr. Justice Devashis Baruah

  4. 11-Feb-2026

    Category A - Legality And Validity Of The Report Dtd. 02.04.22,...Consequential Actions Thereto

    Honourable Mr. Justice Devashis Baruah

  5. 29-Jan-2026

    Category A - Legality And Validity Of The Report Dtd. 02.04.22,...Consequential Actions Thereto

    Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra Saikia

  6. 02-Dec-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  7. 02-Dec-2025

    Category A - Legality And Validity Of The Report Dtd. 02.04.22,...Consequential Actions Thereto

    Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra Saikia

  8. 30-Oct-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  9. 30-Oct-2025

    Category A - Legality And Validity Of The Report Dtd. 02.04.22,...Consequential Actions Thereto

    Honourable Mr. Justice Manish Choudhury

  10. 04-Sep-2025

    Category A - Legality And Validity Of The Report Dtd. 02.04.22,...Consequential Actions Thereto

    Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra Saikia

  11. 21-Aug-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  12. 21-Aug-2025

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kaushik Goswami

  13. 31-Jul-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kaushik GoswamiView PDF

  14. 31-Jul-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  15. 26-Mar-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. I.A.(Civil)/1070/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Gauhati High Court ruled that a One-Man Commission of Inquiry violated the statutory rights of job applicants under Sections 8B and 8C of the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952, by depriving them of fair hearing safeguards while investigating alleged malpractices in government competitive examinations. The court prohibited use of the Commission's findings against the petitioners to initiate disciplinary proceedings, but allowed such proceedings on alternate grounds if substantiated independently. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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