The Central government on Saturday cleared the appointment of additional judge Justice Robin Phukan as permanent judge of Gauhati High Court.

Union Law Minister informed the same on his Twitter handle.

"Shri Justice Robin Phukan, Additional Judge of Gauhati HC has been appointed as Judge of that HC. I extend my best wishes to him", the tweet said.

The Supreme Court Collegium had on May 3, recommended Justice Phukan to be made permanent judge.

As per the Collegium resolution, the Gauhati High Court' Chief Justice and two other senior most judges had, on March 23, recommended that Justice Phukan be made permanent.

The file from the Department of Justice with its inputs were received by the Supreme Court Collegium in April, and the Chief Ministers of Assam, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh and the Governors of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh concurred with the recommendation.

As on May 1, the Gauhati High Court is functioning with 24 judges against a sanctioned strength of 30 with a vacancy of 6.