The Gauhati High Court in the case Durlov Talukdar v. The Union of India and 4 Ors. observed and has disposed of the PIL which contested that despite the Assam Accord executed between the stakeholders and the then Prime Minister of India, on August 15, 1985, thus, certain promises made in the Assam Accord have not been complied with till date.
The Division bench comprising of Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Suman Shyam in the case observed that the issues raised in the Public Interest Litigation, PIL are under consideration of the Assam Government.
The court while considering the submissions made on behalf of the respondent State and taking into consideration the fact that the issues raised by the petitioner in this PIL petition are under consideration of the State Government, thus, this court is of the opinion that in such circumstances, no further order(s) is required to be passed in this PIL petition. Hence, the petition is disposed of.
The petitioner in the plea prayed that the State be directed to make provision for reservation of 80% of the vacancies under the Government of Assam, State Government undertakings for Assamese people.
It was also prayed by the petitioner that suitable provision be made for reserving 70% of the vacancies arising in the private sector undertakings including the establishments under the PPP mode for Assamese people.
Further, it has been prayed for introduction of reservation laws on the line of Andhra Pradesh Employment of Local candidates in the Industries or Factories Act, 2019 and the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020.
Therefore, the State of Assam responded that the issue raised with regards to the implementation of the terms of Assam Accord is under consideration of the Government.
The counsel appearing for the State of Assam submitted before the court that the Committee headed by a cabinet minister is already constituted which is examining the issue of implementation of the Clauses of the memorandum of settlement (Assam Accord) and is also considering the various reports submitted by the Committees constituted for implementation of the Assam Accord. Accordingly, the court disposed of the petition.
