HIGH COURT OF MEGHALAYA AT SHILLONG MC(WA) No. 57 of 2024 Date of order: 10.03.2025 1. The Union of India Represented by the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi – 110001. 2. The Directorate General of Assam Rifles, Shillong, Meghalaya – 793011. …Applicants - Versus - 1. L/3500937, Hav/Elect, S.Arnold Singh, ARASU. 2. L/5002845, Rfn/ Elect, Balaji Vaka, SM, HQ IGAR (N). 3. L/5013343, Rfn/Elect, Arpan Singh, 4 AR. 4. L/5002857, Rfn/Elect, P.Rajasekhara Reddy, 43 AR. 5. L/5011096H, Rfn/Elect, S N.Reddy, 8 AR. 6. JC 390526, Nb/Sub (Elect), Joginder Singh, No. 1 Wksp AR. 7. L/390535, Hav/Elect, Rakesh Kumar, 31 AR. 8. L/390551, Hav/Elect, U S Rawat, 19 AR. 9. L/95921, Hav/Elect, Shanker Lal, No. 2 Wksp AR. 10. L/0111221, Hav/Elect, Rajbir Singh, No. 2 Wksp AR. 11. L/3201112, Hav/Elect, Suresh Kumar, No. 3 Wksp AR. 12. L/134919, Hav/Elect, A K Chando, HQ 23 Sect Ar. 13. L/104957, Hav/Elect, Manoj Kumar Chhetri, 10 AR. 14. L/9966686, Hav/Elect, Ganeshi Kumar, No. 1 MGAR. 15. L/358536, Hav/Elect, Gopal Singh, 13 AR. 16. L/154182, Hav/Elect, Surjeet Kumar, HQ 7 Sect AR. 17. L/2301893, Hav/Elect, Ram Nath, 13 AR. 18. L/2851801, Hav/Elect, Debananda Saikia, 20 AR. Serial No. 04 Daily List 2025:MLHC:155-DB 19. L/5022934, Rfn/Elect, Girver Singh, No. 1 Wksp AR. 20. L/5022909, Rfn/Elect, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, 23 AR. 21. L/5022782, Rfn/Elect, Vikas Prajapati, HQ 9 Sect AR. 22. L/95963, Rfn/Elect, James Mathew, 23 AR. 23. L/5014176, Rfn/Elect, Renjith Kumar, 30 AR. 24. L/5008381, Rfn/Elect, Rajendra Prasad, 36 AR. 25. L/5011565, Rfn/Elect, A Senthil Kumar, 43 AR. 26. L/115345, Rfn/Elect, Suresh Kumar. No. 4 Wksp AR. 27. L/5010544, Rfn/Elect, S Z Khan, No. 3 Wksp AR. 28. L/3900998, Rfn/Elect, Santosh Sharma, 35 AR. 29. L/5011539, Rfn/Elect, P.Balamurugan, No. 4 Wksp AR. 30. L/214331, Rfn/Elect, Narendra Singh, 19 AR. 31. L/5009862, Rfn/Elect, Mukesh Singh Yadav, No. 1 Wksp AR. 32. L/0111265, Rfn/Elect, Prem Prakash Yadav, 6 AR. 33. L/5009048, Rfn/Elect, Mangloo Ram, No. 4 Wksp AR. 34. L/2301984, Rfn/Elect, Amit Kumar, 37 AR. 35. L/5004346, Rfn/Elect, Ranojit Ghosh, HQ 22 Sect AR. 36. L/135074, Rfn/Elect, Arun Kumar Singh, No. 3 Wksp AR. 37. L/5012856, Rfn/Elect, M V Ramappa, 27 AR. 38. L/76080, Rfn/Elect, Mahesh M, 1 AR. 39. L/105066, Rfn/Elect, Susil Majhi, 14 AR. 40. L/3900989, Rfn/Elect, M D Abdul Helim Shaha, No. 4 Wksp AR. 41. L/105299, Rfn/Elect, Susheel Kumar Pandey, 40 AR. 42. L/412159, Rfn/Elect, Mubaraque Ali, No. 4 WKsp AR. 43. L/214260, Rfn/Elect, Manoj M, No. 1 MGAR. 44. L/115367, Rfn/Elect, Kiran Kumar Singha, 9 AR. 45. L/3201284, Rfn/Elect, Harendra Singh Rawat, No. 4 Wksp AR. 46. L/5011764, Rfn/Elect, Amit Kumar, HQ 7 Sect AR. 2025:MLHC:155-DB 47. L/5018700, Rfn/Elect, N K Jha, 36 AR. 48. L/5017405, Rfn/Elect, Balmukund Kumar, 10 AR. 49. L/3701037, Rfn/Elect, Norbu Tshering Lepcha, 40 AR. 50. L/5005717, Rfn/Elect, Ramesh D, No. 1 Wksp AR. 51. L/5021261, Rfn/Elect, Ullas Khrishnan, 27 AR. 52. L/3002162, Rfn/Elect, Kuldeep Singh, 7 AR. 53. L/3201164, Rfn/Elect, Prakash Sharma, 8 AR. 54. L/3701003, Rfn/Elect, Raja Ram Rai, 44 AR. 55. L/390541, Rfn/Elect, Vikram Singh Rawat, HQ 23 Sect AR. 56. L/2103391, Rfn/Elect, Vikram Singh, No. 3 MGAR. 57. L/184561, Rfn/Elect, Akash Sissodiya, 22 AR. 58. L/390566, Rfn/Elect, Sugreev Prasad, No. 4 Wksp AR. 59. JC 390584, Nb/Sub (Elect) Arjun Prasad Yadav, DGAR EME Br. 60. L/5019537, Rfn/Elect, Ajita Ranjan Swain, 46 AR. 61. L/5000888, Rfn/Elect, Jaibir Singh, 46 AR. 62. L/412047, Hav/Elect, Rajeev C P, HQ 9 Sect AR. 63. L/75931, Hav/Elect, Pramod P, 28 AR. 64. L/105266, Rfn/Elect, Anil Kumar Prasad, 24 AR. 65. L/3200824, Hav/Elect, Ashok Kumar, HQ 21 Sect AR. 66. L/2502079, Rfn/Elect, Rajkumar Tiwari, HQ 22 Sect AR. 67. L/5004670, Rfn/Elect, Balbir Singh, NSG 13 SGR. 68. L/38478, Hav/Elect, Surendra Singh, No. 2 Wksp AR. 69. L/390689, Rfn/Elect, B K Shah, No. 2 Wksp AR. 70. L/38513, Hav/Elect, T H Premkanta, No. 2 Wksp AR. 71. L/5011134, Rfn/Elect, N Surya Prakash, 42 AR. 72. L/3800903, Rfn/Elect, Santosh Kumar Thakur, ARC & MC. 73. L/144560, Rfn/Elect, Sunil Mistri, No. 1 Wksp AR. 2025:MLHC:155-DB 74. JC-390601, Nb/Sub (Elect), Umesh Chandra Pathak, No. 3 Wksp AR. 75. L/5000239, Rfn/Elect, Sanasam Khoiba Singh, No. 1 Wksp AR. 76. L/2201980, Hav/Elect, Praveen Kumar, 5 AR. 77. L/214333, Rfn/Elect, M.K.Yadav, No. 1 Wksp AR. 78. L/164265, Hav/Elect, Jeevraj Singh, HQ 21 Sect AR. 79. L/2901919, Rfn/Elect, S K Gahan, 1 AR. 80. L/390534, Hav/Elect, S P Sajjan, HQ 21 Sect AR.681 81. L/3201141, Hav/Elect, Samir Patary, HQ 26 Sect AR. 82. L/5007768, Rfn/Elect, Naresh Kumar, NSG 12 SRG. 83. L/5012707, Hav/Elect, Sudesh Pal, 3 AR. 84. L/2701916, Hav/Elect, Nemai Sil, No. 3 Wksp AR. 85. L/5003095, Hav/Elect, Manoj Kumar, HQ 28 Sect AR. 86. L/184637, Hav/Elect, Lokesh HS, HQ 10 Sect AR. 87. L/124755, Hav/Elect, Nipan Sharma, 45 AR. 88. L/390582, Hav/Elect, Kulpati Singh, No. 2 Wksp AR. 89. L/5009985, Rfn/Elect, Somendra Kumar, 32 AR. 90. L/173958, Hav/Elect, Diveshan P, No. 1 Wksp AR. 91. L/2402003, Hav/Elect, Amrit Deka, No. 1 Wksp AR. 92. L/3900453, Hav/Elect, Jitender Singh, HQ 6 Sect AR. 93. L/95716, Hav/Elect, Praveen S, 15 AR. 94. L/5000873, Rfn/Elect, Rajkumar Yadav, No. 2 Wksp AR. 95. L/124583, Hav/Elect, Bantu Singh, 6 AR. 96. L/5013868, Hav/Elect, Kanshi Ram, 26 AR. 97. L/390540, Hav/Elect, Mohan Singh, No. 3 Wksp AR. 98. L/390591, Hav/Elect, Bhobulal, No. 3 Wksp AR. 99. L/3900542, Hav/Elect, Manoj Kumar, 45 AR. 100. L/390573, Hav/Elect, Radha Krishnan Nair, No. 3 Wksp AR. 2025:MLHC:155-DB 101. L/2901916, Rfn/Elect, Bal Gopal Mishra, HQ 28 Sect AR. 102. L/390554, Hav/Elect, Abraham George, No. 4 MGAR. 103. L/390565, Hav/Elect, Kewal Krishnan, 28 AR. 104. L/76226, Hav/Elect, Raj Kishor Singh, No. 2 MGAR. 105. L.3400884, Hav/Elect, Siyaram, No. 1 Wksp AR. 106. L/3002067, Hav/Elect, Sanju Gogoi, No. 3 Wksp AR. 107. L/184587, Rfn/Elect, Kamal Kishor, 41 AR. 108. L/184498, Hav/Elect, Gurdev Singh, 41 AR. 109. L/2501849, Hav/Elect, Thiyam Bacha Singh, HQ IGAR (S). 110. L/154266, Rfn/Elect, Sudesh Kumar, HQ 28 Sect AR. 111. L/193933, Hav/Elect, Tarjan Chintey, No. 3 MGAR. 112. L/3700826, Rfn/Elect, Balwan Singh, 21 AR. 113. L/412295, Hav/Elect, Deepak Raj, HQ 5 Sect AR. 114. L/57733, Hav/Elect, Pawan Kumar Singh, No. 2 Wksp AR. 115. L/67145, Hav/Elect, Santosh Kumar Yadav, No. 2 Wksp AR. 116. L/115314, Hav/Elect, Girish Kumar V R , 26 AR. 117. L/104888, Hav/Elect, Rajesh Kumar, HQ 26 Sect AR. 118. L/5009745, Rfn/Elect, Sanjay Kumar, 12 AR. 119. L/3600880, Hav/Elect, S S Neogi, 18 AR. 120. L/67193, Rfn/Elect, Pradeep Kumar Pradhan, 39 AR. 121. L/2103472, Hav/Elect, Santan Singh Rawat, 39 AR. 122. L/57638, Hav/Elect, Bhupendra Singh, No. 3 Wksp AR. 123. L/2003521, Hav/Elect, Gabbar Singh, 21 AR. 124. L/3700583, Hav/Elect, Anil Kumar G, 24 AR. 125. JC 390517, Nb/Sub (Elect), C B Joshi. 126. L/84845, Hav/Elect, Sanjay Barman, 30 AR. 127. L/2601860, Hav/Elect, S H Barbhuiya, No. 2 Wksp AR. 128. L/184586, Hav/Elect, Vijay Kumar, HQ 22 Sect AR. 2025:MLHC:155-DB 129. L/5014482, Rfn/Elect, Rajesh M. HQ 10 Sect AR. 130. L/5007850, Rfn/Elect, Mandeep, 29 AR. 131. L/5007548, Rfn/Elect, Amardeep Singh, No. 3 Wksp AR. 132. L/3400968, Rfn/Elect, Dharmender Kumar, 33 AR. 133. L/390571, Hav/Elect, Alok Kumar, No. 2 Wksp AR. 134. L/2502077, Rfn/Elect, Habibul Shaikh, 17 AR. 135. L/330958, Hav/Elect, Arbind Singh, 11 AR. 136. L/3900992, Rfn/Elect, Tejendra Chhetri, 33 AR. 137. L/76006, Hav/Elect, Govind Singh, No. 4 Wksp AR. 138. L/95989, Rfn/Elect, Gulshan Singh, No. 2 Wksp AR. 139. L/3201091, Rfn/Elect, Shibilian Hemrom, 4 AR. 140. L/174144, Hav/Elect, Surender Kumar, HQ 25 Sect AR. 141. JC 390550, Sub Elect, Gurdial Singh, No. 4 Wksp AR. 142. L/3901009, Rfn/Elect, S B Singha, 37 AR. 143. L/5002292, Rfn/Elect, Ramesh Chand, (Sector 5 H.Q.). ….Respondents Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice I.P. Mukerji, Chief Justice Hon’ble Mr. Justice W. Diengdoh, Judge Appearance: For the Appellants : Dr. N. Mozika, DSGI with Ms. K. Gurung, Adv. For the Respondents : None An affidavit of service/service report is on record. On 7th March, 2025, none appeared for the respondents. We kept this matter today to give them a chance to appear. Even today, none appears for them. No accommodation is sought. 2025:MLHC:155-DB We have perused the petition under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 for condonation of delay of 161 days in preferring the appeal. We find that sufficient cause is shown. In any event, none comes forward to oppose this application. In that view of the matter, we allow this application [MC(WA) No. 57 of 2024] by condoning the delay of 161 days. The Registry is directed to register the appeal. We expedite hearing of the appeal, dispensing with all formalities. We direct Advocate-on-Record for the appellants to prepare and file an informal paper-book in this Court by 2nd April, 2025 and serve a copy thereof on the Advocate-on-Record for the respondents before the learned single judge. Liberty to mention in case the Advocate-on-Record does not accept service. List the appeal for hearing on 14th April, 2025. (W. Diengdoh) (I.P. Mukerji) Judge Chief Justice 2025:MLHC:155-DB Digitally signed by SYLVANA LIZ KHARBHIH Date: 2025.03.10 17:53:51 IST