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THE HIGH COURT OF MEGHALAYA AT SHILLONG. WP(C)[SH] No. 123 of 2013 1. M/370736 Hav/NA Prasanna Kumar Son of Krishna Pillai P, 13 Assam Rifles, C/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 2. M/371164 Hav/NA P K Limbu Son of D B Limbu 1CC Assam Rifles, C/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 3. M/370481 N/Sub/NA P K Choudhary, Son of Yogender Choudhary, 5 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 4. M/371039 Hav/NA G D Jaishi Son of B D Jaishi, 5 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793 011. 5. M/370544 Hav/NA Bahadur Singh, Son of Mohan Singh, 5 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong, Meghalaya PIN 793 011. 6. M/371260 Hav/NA N Samananda Son of N Y Singh, 5 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 7. M/371479 Hav/NA MD K Ansari Son of MD Babujan Ansari 5 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 1 8. M.371167 Hav/NA B S Negi Son of Jagmohan Singh 12 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 9. M/371265 Hav/NA Arjun Barua Son of Late Phoney Barua 12 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 10. M.371322 Rfn/NA Basavaraj H Son of Sharanappa H 12 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 11. M/371273 Hav/NA Vinod Kr Phukhan Son of Bhugeshwar Phukan 12 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 12. M/371239 Hav/NA Kamaljit Singh, Son of Kalyan Singh, 12 Assam Rifles c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong, Meghalaya PIN 793011. 13. M/370764 Hav/NA Parasanna Kumaran, Son of Sreedharan MK 12 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 14. M/370337 N/Sub Prithavi Pal Malla Son of Late Banarashi 39 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 15. M/370804 Hav/NA Baleshwar Singh Son of Jaganarayan Singh 39 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 2 16. M/370546 Hav/NA Mahesh Ch Lohni S/o Bachiram Lohni 39 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 17. M/370995 Hav/NA B L Sharma Son of Ram Prasad, Assam Rifles Composite Hospital, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 18. M/370989 Hav/NA Harisaran Jha Son of B N Jha Assam Rifles Training Center, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong, Meghalaya PIN 793011. 19. M/370803 Hav/NA Balan T Son of Late Parangodan 33 Assam Rifles, c/o/ Directorate General Assam rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 20. M/371267 Hav/NA Krishna Kr Newar Son of Til Bahadur Newar 33 Assam Rifles, c/o/ Directorate General Assam rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 21. M/371272 Hav/NA Haren Rajbanshi Son of Khagen Rajbanshi 33 Assam Rifles, c/o/ Directorate General Assam rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 22. M/371191 Hav/NA Jamini Barman S/o. (L) Khagen Barman, 26 Assam Rifles, c/o/ Directorate General Assam rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 23. M/371321 Rfn/NA Ved Prakash Son of Kulwant Singh 26 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 24. M/371327 Rfn/NA Harish Kumar Son of Jagdish 26 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong, Meghalaya PIN 793011. 3 25. M/371271 Hav/NA M L Rabidas Son of Amrit Rabidas Assam Rifles Public School, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 26. M/370929 Hav/NA Rasendra Kr Nath Son of Rajani Kanta Nath 39 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 27. M/371319 Rfn/NA Akashdeep Son of Parash Ram Sharma 13 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 28. M/371399 Rfn/NA Chentie Khaim Son of Khetang Khaim 26 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 29. M/371143 Hav/NA S K Sharma Son of Jagdev Sharma, License Office Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 30. M/370490 N/Sub S D P Rao Son of Late Pundlikrao 33 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 31. M/370599 Hav/NA M U Choudhury Son of Late Rahimuddin 26 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 32. M/371386 Rfn/NA Rakesh Kumar Son of Jagdish Chand 33 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 33. M/370477 Nb Sub/NA Awadesh Rai Son of Vashudev Rai 43 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 34. M/370856 Hav/NA Prem Singh Bisht Son of Mohan Singh Bisht 4 39 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 35. M/370722 Hav/NA Sathya Prakash Son of V N Karunakaran Pillai 23 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 36. M/371058 Hav/NA Mohan Chand Joshi Son of Gangadutt Joshi 13 Dental Unit Assam Rifes, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 37. M/371266 Hav/NA Dharmendar Singh Son of Late Kamni Singha 4 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 38. M/371068 Hav/NA Badri Ram Pal, Son of Late Mukhund Ram Pal, National Security Guards (11 SAR), c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 39. M/370540 Hav/NA P Radhakrishnan Son of Peethambaran, 23 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 40. M/370653 Hav/NA P K Debnath Son of Late Dulal Chandra Debnath Assam Rifles Composite Hospital, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 41. M/370929 N/Sub/NA S N Ram Son of Late Jagadev Ram Assam Rifles Composite Hospital, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 42. M/371385 Rfn/NA Yadvender Singh, Son of Anoop Singh 33 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 43. M/370611 Hav/NA Trilok Singh Bhandari, Son of Tej Singh Bhandari, 39 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 5 44. M/371023 Hav/NA Prem Singh Son of Bhawan Singh, 39 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 45. M/370551 Hav/NA A.D. Qureshi, Son of Late Peerbaksh 34 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 46. M/370698 Hav/NA Vijayan Nair, Son of Late Raghuwan Nair 34 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 47. M/370395 N/SUB/NA Rameshwar Ram Son of Late Bharat Ram 34 Assam Rifles,c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 48. M/371276 Hav/NA Taher Ahmed S/o Late Abdul Hekim Barbh 42 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 49. M/371275 Hav/NA Sanjoy Bora Son of Pramanad Bora 1 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011 AR. 50. M/371268 Hav/NA H. Diken Singha Son of H. Gangharva Singh 46 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 51. M/371079 Hav/NA R.Ramachandran Son of Late Raghuwan Assam Rifles Composite Hospital c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 52. M/371063 hav/NA Sujan Singh Negi Son of Late Devchand Singh Negi Assam Rifles Composite Hospital, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 53. M/370993 Hav/NA JS Tiwari Son of Late Hari Sankar Tiwari Assam Rifles Composite Hospital, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 6 54. M/371161 Hav/NA N..Kiran Kumar Singh, Son of N. Ibotombi Singh Assam Rifles Composite Hospital, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 55. M/370783 Hav/NA G K Pillai Son of Raghavan 39 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 56. M/371254 Hav/NA Kh Ibomcha Singh Son of Kh Nirmal Singh 6 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 57. M/371396 Rfn/NA Manoj Kumar Son of Bachan Singh Assam Rifles Composite Hospital, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 58. M/370735 Hav/NA Sali V Son of Vasudevan 39 Assam Rifles, c/o Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 59. M/3712255 Hav/NA Okram Rakesh Singh, Son of O Tomba Singh, 17 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 60. M/370587 Hav/NA M C Tripathi, Son H S Tripathi, Assam Rifles Sports Unit, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 61. M/370555 Hav/NA Birendar Kumar, Son of.Jamindar Ram, 17 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 62. M/371325 Rfn/NA Indar Singh, Son of Daguram, Assam Rifle Public School, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 7 63. M/371072 Hav/NA C K Bharati, S/o. (L) Mukand Ram, 8 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 64. M/370853 Hav/NA Sasidharan, S/o. Madhavan Pillai, 46 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 65. M/370369 Nb/Sub NA M R Pathak, S/o. F C Pathak, 5 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 66. M/370914b Hav/NA Muralidharan, S/o. K Madhuvan Pillai, 46 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 67. M/371083 Hav/NA O P Mishra, S/o. R K Mishra, 41 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 68. M/371279 Hav/NA Ratna Bdr Chettri, S/o. K B Chettri, 36 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 69. M/371394 Rfn/NA Santosh Nagi, R S Negi, 36 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 70. M/370937 Hav/NA Ramchandra Rajkumar, S/o. (L) Radhamohan Rajkumar, 8 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 71. M/371390 Rfn/NA Narendra Kaushik, S/o. Jaipal Sharma, 8 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 72. M/371365 Rfn/NA Manoj Kumar, S/o. Rameshwar Singh, 36 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 73. M/371278 Hav/NA N Binoy Singh, S/o. N Narendra Singh, 27 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 8 74. M/371171 Hav/NA Ajay Kumar Sahu, S/o. R C Prasad, 18 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 75. M/371237 Hav/NA Dharmendra Singh, S/o. Bhikki Singh, 18 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 76. M/371401 Rfn/NA Z Honjiba Yim, S/o. J Zheongba Yim, 17 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 77. M/371158 Hav/NA Ajay Kumar, S/o. Dalip Chand, 36 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 78. M/371323 Rfn/NA Uttam Chand Sharma, S/o. K C Sharma, 19 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 79. M/370303 Sub/NA H S Thapliyal, S/o. (L) B S Thapliyal MIR IGAR (N) Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 80. M/370402 Nb/Sub NA N Talukdar, S/o. Ambari Talukdar, 18 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 81. M/371152 Hav/NA Naveen Kumar, S/o. Haribhajan, 3 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 82. M/371269 Hav/NA Jiten Boro, S/o.Phukan Boro, IGAR North, Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 83. M/370692 Hav/Na Mathai K O (IGAR North), Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 9 84. M/371448 Rfn/NA Biswajit Baidya, S/o. (L) Sadan Baaidya, 23 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 85. M/370554 Hav/NA Satish Singh, S/o. Chhango Ram, 12 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 86. M/370704 Hav/NA Sushil Kumar Sahi, S/o. (L) Kedar Sahi, 12 Assam rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 87. M/371197 Hav/NA D R Ganpati, S/o. Ganpati Rama Rao, 46 Assam rifles, Assam rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 88. No.M/371349 Rfn/NA Rajeev Nath, S/o. Ranjeet Kr Deb Nath, 19 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 89. M/370948 Hav/NA Joyoti Swarup, 19 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 90. M/371342 Rfn/NA Pappa Das, S/o. Protip Kr Das, 7 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 91. M/371342 Rfn/NA Md Arshad Sheikh S/o Sahad Ali, 7 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 92. M/371340 Rfn/NA Balbahadur Khatri S/o Rewet Bahadur Khatri, 7 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 93. M/371086 Hav/NA Udian M, S/o Madhavan Unnithan NSG, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 94. M/371236 Hav/NA Mahesh Kumar, S/o Rampati Singh, 18 Assam Rilfes, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 10 95. M/370379 N/Sub CM Das, S/o (L) JL Das, 40 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 96. M/370619 Hav/NA MP Varma, S/o Ramji Lal Varma, 40 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 97. M/370797 Hav/NA S Biswas, S/o S Biswas, 40 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 98. M/371245 Hav/NA Navin Rana, S/o Janak Kumar Rana, 23 Assam Riles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 99. M/371246 Hav/NA T G Bhutia, S/o Dawa Bhutia, Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 100. M/371016 Rfn.NA Ramesh Pt, 19 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 101. M/371338 Rfn.NA Biju Kumar, S/o Gopal Krishnana Pillai, 19 Assam Riles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 102. M/371303 Rfn/NA Viral Kumar, S/o Yaspal Singh, 14 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 103. M/370679 Hav/NA Jnanendra Chakrabarty, S/o N Chakrabarty, 15, Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 104. M/370835 Hav/NA Sethumadhanvan K, S/o Late PVK Menon, 46 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 105. M/371349 Hav/NA Utpal Chandra Das, S/o Dimbeswar Das, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 11 106. M/371320 Pradeep Kumar, S/o Tara Chand, 1 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 107. M/371444 Rfn/NA Ananda Narayan Patil, S/o Patil Narayan Sankar, 33 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 108. M/371388 Rfn/NA Japan Singh, S/o Prem Singh, 33 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 109. M/371476 Rfn/NA Praveen Kumar, S/o Dharambir Singh P, 29 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 110. M/371222 Hav/NA Upendra Semwal, S/o Bhajram Semwal, 46 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 111. M/371470 Rfn/NA Bharamveer, S/o. Ram Swarup, 35 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 112. M/371162 Hav/NA M Kennedy Singh, S/o. M Amumacha Singh, 35 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 113. M/370794 Hav/NA Jawaharlal Medhi, S/o. (L) Janki Nath, 35 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 114. M/371270 Hav/NA Safikul Islam, S/o. Chand Mohd. Ali, 40 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 115. M/371225 Hav/NA Pankaj Joshi, S/o. S C Joshi, 39 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 116. M/371247 Hav/NA Jang Bahadur Singh, S/o.Tripundey Singh, 24 Assam Rifles, C/o. 12 Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. 117. M/370988 Hav/NA Sudhakaran, S/o. Ayyaputty, 40 Assam Rifles, Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. C/o. 118. M/371345 Rfn/NA Pijush Mondol, S/o. Ram Prasad Mondol, 18 Assam Rifles, C/o. Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong Meghalaya PIN 793011. ………..Petitioners (The petitioners are pursuing a common cause and are therefore approaching this Hon’ble Court by a joint petition) -Versus- 1. 2. 3. The Union of India, Represented by the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi – 1. The Director General, Assam Rifles, HQ DGAR Assam Rifles, Shillong, Meghalaya, PIN 793011. The Deputy Inspector General, Medical Branch, HQ DGAR, Assam Rifles, Shillong, Meghalaya, PIN 793011. ……..Respondents
Legal Reasoning
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE T. NANDAKUMAR SINGH, CHIEF JUSTICE (ACTING) BEFORE For the petitioner For the respondents Date of hearing Date of Judgment and Order : : : : : : R.Mazumdar, Adv. H. Bezbarua, Adv A.Kumar, Adv N.Khan, CGC 19-8-2013 19-8-2013 13 JUDGMENT AND ORDER (ORAL) Heard Mr. R. Mazumdar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and also Mr. N. Khan, learned CGC appearing for the respondents. 2. The only case of the petitioners is that the present writ petition is squarely covered by the earlier decision of the erstwhile Guwahati High Court (Division Bench) dated 25-5-2012 passed in writ appeal No. [SH] 1 of 2011 filed against
Decision
the Judgment and Order of the learned Single Judge allowing the writ petition i.e. WP(C) No. [SH] 279/2009 filed by the 51 nursing assistants of the Assam Rifles. 3. Mr. N.Khan, learned CGC appearing for the respondents i.e. the appellants in writ appeal No. [SH] 1/2011 contended that the Court needs the interpretation or clarification of the meaning of the “Nursing Assistant” working in the Assam Rifles, inasmuch as the appellants received a letter from the MHA (Police Finance) regarding the meaning of “Nursing Assistants”. 4. It is a well settled principle of interpretation that the judgment and decision of the Court is to be understood in the light of the fact of the case. The writ appeal No. [SH] 1/2011 is admittedly in relation with the nursing assistants serving in the Assam Rifles. It is nobody’s dispute that the present writ petitioners are also nursing assistants serving in the Assam Rifles. The Court is not interpreting the judgment and order, the Court only interprets the statutes and the words of the judgment cannot be interpreted like that of the statutes. The Court only read the judgment and understood the meaning of the judgment in the light of the words mentioned in the judgment itself. The Apex Court in U.P. State Electricity Board Versus Pooran Chandra Pandey and Others: (2007) 11 SCC 92 held that: “12. As observed by this Court in State of Orissa v. Sudhansu Kekhar Misra (AIR 1968 SC 647) (vide AIR pp. 651-52, para 13): “13…..A decision is only an authority for what it actually decides. What is of the essence in a decision is its ratio and not every observation found therein nor what logically follows from the various observations made in it. On this topic this is what Earl of Halsbury, 14 L.C. said in Quinn v. Leathem (1901 AC 495 : (1900- 03) All ER Rep 1 (HL) (All ER p.7 G-I). „Before discussing Allen V. Flood (1898 AC 1 : (1895-99) All ER Rep 52 (HL) and what was decided therein, there are two observations of a general character which I wish to make; and one is to repeat what I have very often said before – that every judgment must be read as applicable to the particular facts proved, or assumed to be proved, since the generality of the expressions which may be found there are not intended to be expositions of the whole law, but are governed and qualified by the particular facts of the case in which such expressions are to be found. The other is that a case is only an authority for what it actually decides. I entirely deny that it can be quoted for a proposition that may seem to follow logically from it. Such a mode of reasoning assumes that the law is necessarily a logical code, whereas every lawyer must acknowledge that the law is not always logical at all.‟ ” In Ambica Quarry Works v. State of Gujarat “13. (1987) 1 SCC 213 (vide SCC p. 221, para 18) this Court observed: “18….The ratio of any decision must be understood in the background of the facts of that case. It has been said long time ago that a case is only an authority for what it actually decides, and not what logically follows from it.” In Bhavnagar University v. Palitana Sugar Mill (P) “14. Ltd [(2003) 2 SCC 111] (vide SCC p. 130, para 59) this Court observed : “59….It is also well settled that a little difference in facts or additional facts may make a lot of difference in the precedential value of a decision.”