2.202 vs The Union Of India And 5 Ors on 2 February, 2026

Author: Devashis Baruah

Bench: Devashis Baruah

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GAHC010008932026




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                        THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT
  (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

                            Case No. : WP(C)/483/2026

         CT/GD BIMAL DAS AND 55 ORS
         S/O SARBA NANDA DAS, FORCE NO 065132558, PRESENT UNIT 90 BN PAST
         UNIT 128 BN W.E.F. 27/10/2018 TO 26/10/2022

         2: HC/GD RAJEEV TOMA
          S/O LT. OM PRAKSH SINGH
         FORCE NO. 041731711
         PRESENT UNIT-182 BN
         PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 13/07/2019 TO
         28/05/2023

         3: ASI/GD RAKESH KUMAR
          S/O LT. MEHAR CHAND
         FORCE NO. 981170709
         PRESENT UNIT- 89 BN
         PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 19/11/2015 TO
         13/06/2019

         4: CT/GD DHANJEET KUMAR SINGH
          S/O SHRI SURENDRA SINGH
         FORCE NO. 125191913
         PRESENT UNIT-182 BN
         PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 27/07/2019 TO
         24/09/2023

         5: CT/GD HARERAM KUMAR
          S/O BHAGWAT PASWAN
         FORCE NO. 125200029
         PRESENT UNIT-246 BN
         PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 08/07/2019 TO
         12/06/2023

         6: CT/GD VIVEKANAND SINGH
          S/O NARENDRA SINGH
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FORCE NO.125190079
PRESENT UNIT-50 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 06/07/2019 TO
10/04/2023

7: HC/GD BISHNU PADA DAS
 S/O LT. JATINDRA MOHAN DAS
FORCE NO. 031510499
PRESENT UNIT-147 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 02/10/2020 TO
20/04/2025

8: CT/GD RAHUL KUMAR
 S/O MANOJ SINGH
FORCE NO. 115193469
PRESENT UNIT-196 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 26/08/2018 TO
24/09/2022

9: CT/GD PRAMOD KUMAR
 S/O SHRI MEWALAL PRASAD
FORCE NO.125191735
PRESENT UNIT-183 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 17/07/2019 TO
29/10/2023

10: CT/GD SURESH KUMAR GURJAR
 S/O SHRI KANA RAM
FORCE NO. 075003306
PRESENT UNIT-83 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 26/07/2018 TO
31/08/2021

11: CT/GD SUJEET KUMAR SINGH
 S/O BASANT SINGH
FORCE NO. 125193248
PRESENT UNIT- 209 COBRA BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 07/07/2019 TO
27/11/2021

12: HC/GD PRABHAKAR MISHRA
 S/O SHRI HARIKANT MISHRA
FORCE NO. 041742713
PRESENT UNIT-144 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 14/06/2019 TO
10/10/2022

13: SI/GD MD NURUL HAQUE
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 S/O LT. SHIAKH RUSTUM
FORCE NO. 903085347
PRESENT UNIT-45 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 24/06/2019 TO
02/06/2022

14: HC/GD DHEERENDRA KUMAR SAROJ
 S/O UMASHANKAR
FORCE NO. 025020262
PRESENT UNIT- GC/CHANDAULI
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F.
 04/09/2019 TO
01/07/2021

15: CT/GD SIMANTA BISWAS
 S/O BISWANATH BISWAS
FORCE NO. 135103562
PRESENT UNIT- GC/IMPHAL
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 20/11/2018 TO
10/09/2022

16: HC/GD KRUTIBAS PANDA
 S/O PITABAS PANDA
FORCE NO. 065043779
PRESENT UNIT-182 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 11/06/2019 TO
03/09/2022

17: HC/GD SUMIT
 S/O JAGPAL SINGH
FORCE NO.125022783
PRESENT UNIT-112 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 29/08/2017 TO
19/12/2021

18: CT/BUG SANTOSH KUMAR YADAV
 S/O GOPAL YADAV
FORCE NO. 125312264
PRESENT UNIT-49 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 10/06/2019 TO
05/10/2022

19: CT/GD GURDEEP SINGH
 S/O SHRI ROOP SINGH
FORCE NO.135027324
PRESENT UNIT-235 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 25/07/2019 TO
07/10/2023
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20: HC/GD ASHOK KUMAR
 S/O JEET LAL YADAV
FORCE NO. 061620059
PRESENT UNIT-28 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 04/06/2019 TO
08/11/2022

21: HC/GD VINAY KUMAR SINGH
 S/O GED RAJ SINGH
FORCE NO. 060722277
PRESENT UNIT-157 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 09/06/2019 TO
27/09/2022

22: HC/GD SAMIT HALDER
 S/O SADANANDA HALDER
FORCE NO. 061774967
PRESENT UNIT-157 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 31/12/2018 TO
10/09/2022

23: HC/GD BASUDEV DAS
 S/O LT. DHURANI DAS
FORCE NO-031480021
PRESENT UNIT-46 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 08/01/2020 TO
24/06/2023

24: CT/COOK SONU KUMAR ROY
 S/O DHRUVNANDAN ROY
FORCE NO. 145170554
PRESENT UNIT-139 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 22-09-2019 TO
22-05-2023

25: HC/GD HUMAYUN ALI
 S/O ALI NOWAS
FORCE NO. 025171662
PRESENT UNIT-219 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 31/08/2019 TO
17/05/2023

26: CT/GD HARPREET SINGH
 S/O GAHIL SINGH
FORCE NO.141030019
PRESENT UNIT-204 COBRA
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 27/7/2019 TO
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22/07/2023

27: HC/GD RAMCHANDRA
 S/O SUKHLAL
FORCE NO. 065181131
PRESENT UNIT-46 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 22/07/2019 TO
21/05/2023

28: HC/GD SANTANU KUMAR DAS
 S/O BIJOY DAS
FORCE NO-025040138
PRESENT UNIT-GC/BHUBANESWAR
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 09/09/2019 TO
15/12/2022

29: HC/GD BIBEKANANDA GHOSH
 S/O ABHOY PADA GHOSH
FORCE NO-031485372
PRESENT UNIT-167 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 08/09/2018 TO
25/12/2020

30: HC/GD AMIM AHAMAD KHAN
 S/O TAYAB ALI KHAN
FORCE NO-850808785
PRESENT UNIT-121 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 20/12/2020 TO
23/06/2024

31: HC/M NARESH KUMAR SHARMA
 S/O BABULAL SHARMA
FORCE NO-155170351
PRESENT UNIT-139 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 15/09/2019 TO
06/07/2023

32: HC/GD PRADIP MAHANAYAK
 S/O NAGAR BASI MAHANAYAK
FORCE NO-060061111
PRESENT UNIT-54 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 01/10/2019 TO
22/06/2023

33: SI/GD YUDHISTHIR SAHOO
 S/O DHARANI DHAR SAHOO
FORCE NO-881260645
PRESENT UNIT-127 BN
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PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 16/11/2020 TO
28/06/2024

34: ASI/GD MAHESH KUMAR
 S/O LT. RAM DAS YADAV
FORCE NO-991390471
PRESENT UNIT-239 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 04/06/2019 TO
24/09/2022

35: HC/GD SATYANARAYAN YADAV
 S/O KANHAIYA LAL YADAV
FORCE NO-065138531
PRESENT UNIT-247 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 06/07/2019 TO
16/07/2023

36: ASI/MIN VINAY KUMAR SHARMA
 S/O DIWAKAR SHARMA
FORCE NO-141060025
PRESENT UNIT- GC/JAMSHEDPUR
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 14/09/2020 TO
30/05/2024

37: MOHD AZAM
 S/O ALIF DIN
FORCE NO-125341121
PRESENT UNIT-53 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 29.12.2017 TO
01.12.2021

38: CT/GD SATISH KUMAR
 S/O LATE RADHA SINGH
FORCE NO-135373141
PRESENT UNIT-71 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 16/06/2019 TO
23/09/2022

39: HC/GD UDAYA NATH SAHOO
 S/O MADHU SUDAN SAHOO
FORCE NO-025161407
PRESENT UNIT-189 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 18/9/2019 TO
21/4/2023

40: CT/GD ALBIYUS CHERMAKO
 S/O NIRMAL
FORCE NO-135321577
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PRESENT UNIT-62 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 19/10/2019 TO
26/06/2021

41: SI/GD MANOHAR LAL
 S/O LT. KALI DAS
FORCE NO-901000708
PRESENT UNIT-03 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 06/06/2019 TO
30/08/2022

42: CT/GD PANKAJ KUMAR SINGH
 S/O SAYANARAYAN SINGH
FORCE NO-125191619
PRESENT UNIT-174 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 30 /7/2019 TO
29/10/2023

43: CT/GD NEERAJ KUMAR SHARMA
 S/O RAMA KANT SHARMA
FORCE NO-125023887
PRESENT UNIT-60 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 28/10/2017 TO
03/12/2021

44: CT/GD NAVNISH KUMAR TRIPATHI
 S/O RAM KUMAR TRIPATHI
FORCE NO- 110727912
PRESENT UNIT-219 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 17/07/2019 TO
04/04/2023

45: CT/BB SIDDAPPA SHAHAPUR
 S/O NIJALINGGAPPA SHAHAPUR
FORCE NO-135054303
PRESENT UNIT-242 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 23/02/2019 TO
02/09/2022

46: CT/DVR PARDIP SINGH
 S/O SURINDER SINGH
FORCE NO-145160424
PRESENT UNIT-90 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 09/10/2019
TO 18/11/2022

47: CT/GD SYED NURUL HUSSAIN
 S/O SYED FARID ALI
                                                Page No.# 8/11

FORCE NO-060066596
PRESENT UNIT-26 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 01/07/2018 TO
01/09/2022

48: CT/DVR RAMSWAROOP
 S/O SHRI ROOP RAM
FORCE NO-145160807
PRESENT UNIT-51 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 20/01/2020 TO
04/07/2023

49: CT/GD MAGIDULLA HOQUE
 S/O MATIAR RAHAMAN
FORCE NO-075102171
PRESENT UNIT-153 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 128 BN 16/07/2019 TO
03/07/2023

50: HC/GD SHASHIDHAR TIWARI
 S/O SURENDRA NATH TIWARI
FORCE NO-045020248
PRESENT UNIT-215 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 24/07/2019 TO
11/05/2023

51: CT/GD SUJAUDDIN ANSARY
 S/O KUDDUS ANSARY
FORCE NO-135102707
PRESENT UNIT-73 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 19/09/2018 TO
31/08/2022

52: HC/GD SIRUMONI BORAH
 S/O KAMALESHWER BORAH
FORCE NO-031480315
PRESENT UNIT-53 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 01/06/2019 TO
01/05/2023

53: CT/GD GAURAV BHARDWAJ
 S/O CHANDRA BHARDWAJ
FORCE NO-135190981
PRESENT UNIT-75 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 10/06/2019 TO
25/09/2022

54: CT/GD SHYAM BABU
                                                        Page No.# 9/11

 S/O UMESH KUMAR SANTOSH
FORCE NO-135021342
PRESENT UNIT-130 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 13/07/2019 TO
22/07/2023

55: HC/DVR PARDEEP KUMAR
 S/O LALARAM
FORCE NO. 015150118
PRESENT UNIT-241 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 27/05/2018 TO
28/09/2022

56: HC/DVR RAJENDER KUMAR
 S/O SHIV JANM RAM
FORCE NO. 991410177
PRESENT UNIT-60 BN
PAST UNIT-128 BN W.E.F. 20.04.2018 TO
01.12.2021
ADDRESS OF COMMUNICATION OF THE PETITIONERS-
C/O- OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL

CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE (CRPF)
CGO COMPLEX
LODHI ROAD
NEW DELHI- 110003

VERSUS

THE UNION OF INDIA AND 5 ORS
REPRESENTED BY THE SECY. TO THE GOVT. OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF
HOME AFFAIRS, NEW DELHI 110001

2:THE DIRECTOR GENERAL

CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE (CRPF)

CGO COMPLEX
LODHI ROAD

NEW DELHI- 110003.

3:THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE

NORTH EASTERN SECTOR
CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE (CRPF)
SHILLONG
MEGHALAYA
                                                                  Page No.# 10/11

            PIN- 793001.

            4:THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE

            CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE (CRPF)
            (ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORATE)
            CGO COMPLEX
            LODHI ROAD
            NEW DELHI- 110003.

            5:THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE
             CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE (CRPF)
             9TH MILE
            AMERIGOG
             GUWAHATI
            ASSAM
             PIN 781025.

            6:THE COMMANDANT 128 BATTALION

             CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE
            IOC COMPLEX
             SECTOR-III
             NOONMATI
             KAMRUP
             ASSAM
             PIN 781020

For the Petitioner(s)       : Mr. S. Alam, Advocate
For the Respondent(s)      : Mr. A. K. Dutta, CGC


                                   BEFORE
                    HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVASHIS BARUAH

                                          ORDER

Date : 02.02.2026

Issue notice making it returnable on 11.05.2026.

2. Mr. A. K. Dutta, the learned CGC accepts notice on behalf of the respondent Nos.1 to 6. Extra copies of the writ petition be served upon him by tomorrow, i.e. 03.02.2026.

3. The petitioners herein are aggrieved on the basis of the Page No.# 11/11

communication dated 22.05.2025 issued by the respondent No.4 whereby steps have been taken to make recovery of the risk and hardship allowances which have already been paid to the petitioners.

4. It is the case of the petitioners that the area wherein the petitioners performed their duties for which the risk and hardship allowance were paid fell within the area wherein the said allowance is permissible, and as such, the action on the part of the respondents to make recovery is completely unwarranted.

5. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners further submits that it is also inequitable on the part of the respondents to make such a recovery after the passage of so many years.

6. The respondents are directed to bring on record their stand by filing an affidavit on or before 30.04.2026.

7. Liberty is given to the petitioners to file reply, if any, on or before 08.05.2026.

8. This Court further taking into account the submissions so made as well as the materials on record coupled with the fact that interim directions have been passed by the learned Coordinate Benches of this Court in similar matters, directs that the Respondent Authorities shall not take any coercive action against the petitioners on the basis of the communication dated 22.05.2025 till the next date.

9. List accordingly.

JUDGE Comparing Assistant