Mizorama Gorkha-te hnena OBC nihna pek chungchang Gauhati High Court-in a rel dan

16th August, 2024

Mizorama cheng nghet Gorkha-te hnena Other Backward Class (OBC) nihna pek thu hi tun hma lam kum eng emaw zat aṭangin sawi a awm fo tawh ṭhin a. Tun hnaia NGO aṭangin Mizoram Gorkha-te hnena OBC dinhmun pek rem tih lohna a awm thar avangin social media hrang hrang leh chanchinbu lamah sawi zui a hlawh leh ta. Hemi chungchang thu Gauhati High Court, Aizawl Bench-in thu a lo tihtluk tawh dan leh chu thutlukna chu Mizoram sorkarin Gauhati High Court hnenah ngaihtuah ṭha tura a dilna (appeal) chungchang hi sawi zui I’n tum teh ang.

Aizawl Bench thutlukna

Gauhati High Court, Aizawl Single Judge chuan 08.06.2017 khan thutlukna leh thupek (judgment & order) WP(C) No 188/2016 a tichhuak tawh a. Chu thutlukna chu Mizoram sorkarin a din Permanent Body-in 20.08.2011-a rawtna (recommendation) a lo thlen tawh angin Single Judge chuan Mizoram state sorkar chu Gorkha-te chu OBC-a puang turin a hriattir a ni.

Gauhati High Court, Aizawl Bench thutlukna hi Mizoram sorkar chuan Gauhati High Court (judge tam zawk ngaihtuah turin) hnenah ngaihtuah ṭha turin a thlen leh a. Chuta thu ngaihtuah a nih dan leh thutlukna chu hetiang hi a ni.

WRIT APPEAL NO 12 OF 2022

1. The State of Mizoram represented by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Mizoram, New Secretariat Complex, Aizawl, Mizoram PIN 796001.

The Secretary, Home Department, New Secretariat Complex, Aizawl, Mizoram, PIN 796001.

....Appellants

Versus

1. Mizoram Gorkha Sangh, represented by its President Sri Hari Bahadur Thapa, having its registered office at Aizawl, Mizoram, PIN 796005, Mizoram.

2. Hari Bahadur Thapa, President of Mizoram Gorkha Sangh, resident of Bungkawn (Opp. Lai House), Aizawl, Mizoram, PIN 796005.

..... Respondents

Before (the Court of):

Hon'ble Chief Justice (Acting) Mr. N. Kotiswar Singh

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Soumitra Saikia.

Mizoram sorkar (appellants) aiawh hian D. Das, Advocate General, Mizoram leh A. Kalita, Additional Advocate General-te Court-ah hian an ding. Mizoram Gorkha Sangh (respondents) aiawhin N. Sharma, advocate a ding a ni.

Date of Judgment & Order : 9th February, 2023

JUDGMENT & ORDER (ORAL)

1. N. Kotiswar Singh, Chief Justice (Acting) chuan Mizoram sorkar aiawha ding D. Das, Advocate General leh amah ṭanpuitu A. Kalita, Additional Advocate General-te thu thlen leh Mizoram Gorkha Sangh aiawha dingte thu chu a hria a ni.

2. He thu ngaihtuah ṭha tura thlen a nih chhan chu, Gauhati High Court, Aizawl Single Judge awmnain thutlukna leh thupek (judgment & order) a lo siam tawh ang ni lo a duh vang (the present appeal has been preferred against the judgement & order) a ni tih sawi a ni. Judgement & Order dated 08. 06. 2017, WP (C) No. 188/2016.

Judgement & Order-ah chuan Single Judge hian Mizoram sorkar (he case-a appellant) chu Permanent Body (Mizoram sorkar din)-in 26.08.2011-a ngaihtuah anga Gorkha-te OBC ni tura rawtna a thlen anga hemi puanna thupek (appropriate order) hi chhuah turin a hriattir (directed) a ni.

3. Hemi chungchang thu hi Gorkha Mizoram chhunga cheng nghette OBC-a telh/khung chungchang a ni. A ṭobul hi a kimchangin kan luhkhung sísé tawh lo ang. Mahse, Mizoram chhunga Gorkha cheng nghette’n state chhunga dinhmun leh hamṭhatna scheme, etc hrang hrang dawng thei tura OBC atan pawm an dil thu han tuihnih leh hram erawh a ṭul a ni.

Mizoram state sorkar Home Department-in hemi chungchang enfiah tura Permanent Body a din hian mipui zingah harsatna a awm lo a, Permanent Body hian rawtna (recommendation) an thehluhah chuan Mizoram state chhunga Gorkha chengte chu OBC zinga telh an rawt a, hei hi Government of India hnuaia hna leh hamṭhatna atan a ni ang (To the Gorkha settled in the State of Mizoram as Other Backward Classes with confidence mentioned therein for the purpose of employment(s)/benefit(s) under the Government of India).

4. Writ petition thehluttute hian Permanent Body-in a rawt ang hian Court hnenah state sorkar chu hriattir turin an thlen a, Single Judge (Gauhati High Court, Aizawl Bench) chuan hemi chungchangah hian Permanent Body-in Gorkha-te chungchanga thutlukna 26.08.2011-a a siam tawh ang hian state sorkar chu thu chhuah turin thu a pe (the Single Judge directed that the State Government shall pass appropriate order in terms of the decision of the Permanent Body).

Kan ngaihdan chuan hemi chungchangah hian Court-in thutlukna a lo siam tawh paragraph 11 & 12 hi tarlang ila a fiah mai awm e. A thu ngai ngai chu hetiang hi a ni.

Paragraph 11:

Since the present case, the decision of the 'Permanent Body' duly constituted by the state of Mizoram, Home Department was taken on 26.08.2011 recommending the Gorkhas in the State of Mizoram as OBC whose parents and grandparents are resident in the State of Mizoram prior to 26th January, 1950 with a rider that whatever benefit(s)/reservation(s) goes with OBC status should solely be for the purpose of employment(s) /benefit(s) under the Government of India and in no case and under no circumstances in future shall be the same be applicable for/under the Government of Mizoram or any of its undertaking and since the State respondents, in spite of their consideration for almost six years by now, have not rejected the said recommendation of the 'Permanent Body' dated 26.08.2011 and also, in terms of the decision of the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Indra Sawhney (supra) noted above, the recommendation of the ‘Permanent Body' dated 26.08.2011 with regards to the Gorkhas of the State amounts to acceptance and binding upon the State Government.

12. In view of the above, the State respondents shall now pass appropriate order in terms of the said decision of the 'Permanent Body' dated 26.08.2011 regarding the Gorkhas as recommended by the said Body."

5. Mr D. Das, Advocate General, Mizoram aiawha ding chuan apex court (Supreme Court)-in Indira Sawhney vrs Union of India, 1992 supp (3) SCC 217 thurel tawh dan chu thlenin, engtikah pawh hetianga Permanent Body sorkar hnena rawtna (recommendation) a thlen chuan, chu rawtna chu a tlangpui thuin sorkar tan chuan pawm tur a ni. Amaherawhchu, chutiang a nih mek laiin sorkar chuan rawtna chu a pawm lo thei. Chutiang chu a ti thei ngei mai a, mahse, a chhan awmte a tichiang tur a ni. Hemi chungchangah hian Indira Sawhney (supra) thubuai chungchanga thurel paragraphs 847, 859(13), 861 (A) a dah tel. (Hei hi a thui deuh a vangin ka telh ta lo a ni).

6. A chunga tarlan tak aṭanga thil lang chiang tak chu, dan pangngai ang chuan Permanent Body-in rawtna–telh thar tur emaw, thil dang eng emaw, leh thil thar chungchang (inclusion or otherwise and other issue) OBC kaihhnawiha rawtna a thlen chu sorkarin a pawm a ṭul ṭhin. Rawtna hi sorkarin a chhan eng vang pawha a pawm lo a nih chuan a pawm theih lohna chhante ziakin a chhinchhiah tur a ni. Chuvangin, Permanent Body rawtna hi sorkarin pawm ngei ngei tur tihna a ni lo.

Hetiang hi ni mah se, dan pangngai ang chuan sorkar tan zawm ngei tur leh zawm chu a tih tur a ni (it has to be mandatorily abided by the State Government). State sorkar ngaihdanah rawtna hi kalpui ṭul a tih loh chuan, a ti thei e; amaherawhchu, a zawm duh loh chhan chu chiang takin ziakin a chhinchhiah tur a ni. Hei hi Indira Sawhney (supra) chungchanga kaihhruaina kan hriatthiam dan chu a ni.

7. He thil atan hian Single Judge-in kaihhruaina a lo chhuah tawh, paragraph 12-na hi kan siam ṭha a, Permanent Body-in rawtna a siam tawh chu Mizoram state sorkar chuan a thuphunga zawm chu a tih tur a ni. Amaherawhchu, Mizoram state hian he rawtna (recommendation) hi a pawm thei lo a nih chuan a pawm loh chhan chiang takin ziakin a chhinchhiah tur a ni. Chuti chuan, Single Judge thuremna paragraph 12-na chu hetiang hian kan siamṭha e:

"A chunga thute hre chung hian Permanent Body-in Gorkha-te OBC member ni tura rawtna 26.08.2011-a a lo siam tawh chu state sorkar chuan a pawm tur a ni. Amaherawhchu, state sorkar hian he rawtna hi a pawm duh lo a nih chuan, hei hi dan pangngai angah chuan zawm/pawm tur a ni, state sorkar hian a pawm loh chhan a chhinchhiah ngei tur a ni." (In view of the above, the State Government shall accept the recommendation of the Permanent Body taken on 26.08.2011 regarding the Gorkhas as members of the OBC. However, if the State Government does not agree with the said recommendation, which is ordinarily binding, the State Government must record its reason(s) therfor.)

8. A chunga siamremna/siamṭhatna ang hian he writ appeal hi kan titawp e. Chuti chuan Writ Appeal hi tihtawp a ni.

A tawpah hian Judge, Chief Justice (Acting) ten hming an ziakna tur a awm a, comparing assistant hming ziahna tur a awm bawk. (Online-ah hian signature an pe lo, hetiang hi Court SC, HC kalpui dan a ni).

HEI VE THUNG HI

1. Mizoram Gorkha-te OBC dinhmuna an awm theih dan chungchang enfiah turin Permanent Body din a ni.

2. Permanent Body hian Mizoram Gorkha-te chu OBC-a awm turin rawtna (recommendation) 26.08.2011-ah Mizoram sorkar hnenah a thlen.

3. Permanent Body rawtna hi kum 2011 hnu lama Mizoram sorkarna chelhtu party pahnihte’n tihpuitlin an tum lo niin a hmuh theih. Hemi avang hian Gauhati High Court, Aizawl Single Judge thutlukna (08.06.2017) pawh Gauhati High Court-ah ngaihtuah ṭha tura thehluh a ni.

4. Permanent Body rawtna tihpuitlin loh leh tihkhawtlai hi rorelna chelh tawh party-te hian Mizoram tan ṭha lo tura an rin vang emaw, hun lokal zel tura politics thila inchirhthehna hmanruaa hman an hlauh vang emaw a ni tel thei bawk.

5. February 9, 2023-a Gauhati High Court Judgement & Order chhuak tawh tun thlenga Mizoram sorkarin (MNF, ZPM Ministry) a ngaihtuah lo hi eng vang nge ni ang?

Source: Gauhati High Court

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