LAWS(GAU)-2025-12-11

STATE OF ASSAM Vs. DIPAK GOGOI

Decided On December 12, 2025
STATE OF ASSAM Appellant
V/S
Dipak Gogoi Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In these set of writ appeals, the State has challenged the judgment of the learned Single Judge dtd. 30/1/2023 passed in analogous writ petitions, the lead case being WP(C) No.1646/2021, striking down Clause 1 of the Office Memorandum dtd. 1/6/2015, which imposed an eligibility cut-off for compassionate appointment, namely, that the dependants of a deceased Government employee who died in harness, would not be entitled to compassionate appointment if the deceased Government employee had less than 3(three) years of service remaining at the time of his death.

(2.) The offending Clause 1 of the Office Memorandum dtd. 1/6/2015 is being extracted herein below:-

(3.) Several writ petitions were filed impugning the Office Memorandum dtd. 1/6/2015.