Page No.# 1/4 GAHC020004022025 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) KOHIMA BENCH Case No. : C. REVN/4/2025 LT. COL. DOSHEHE Y. SEMA (RETD.) AND 2 ORS S/O YETAKHU SEMA, PERMANENT R/O ROTOMI VILLAGE, ZUNHEBOTO NAGALAND. PRESENTLY RESIDING AT H/NO. 4, SEMA KHEL, NOTUN BOSTI, DIMAPUR NAGALAND 2: SHRI KHEKUGHA S/O LATE NIGHOVI PERMANENT R/O PHILIMI VILLAGE PRESENTLY RESIDING AT H/NO. 850 NEAR PUBLIC GROUND PADAMPUKHURI VILLAGE DIMAPUR NAGALAND 3: SHRI S. KAHOTO SEMA S/O LT. SUKHESE PERMANENT R/O AKUHAITO H.S. COMP ZUNHEBOTO NAGALAND. PRESENTLY RESIDING AT THILIXU VILLAGE BLOCK 2 LANE 1 CHUMUKEDIMA NAGALAN VERSUS M/S LPSS INFRA AND 4 ORS IG STADIUM ROAD, NEAR DIRECTORATE OF FISHERY, KOHIMA NAGALAND-797001 2:THE SECRETARY GOVT. OF NAGALAND. CIVIL SECRETARIAT KOHIMA 797001 Page No.# 2/4 NAGALAND KOHIMA 3:THE ENGINEER-IN -CHIEF PWD (R AND B) NPWD- COMPLEX TOP FLOOR KOHIMA-797001 4:THE CHAIRMAN PHILIMI VILLAGE COUNCIL ZUNHEBOTO NAGALAND 5:THE CHAIRMAN KHRIMTOMI VILLAGE COUNCIL ZUNHEBOTO NAGALAN Advocate for the Petitioner : A NIKATO WOTSA, ZAKIR HUSSAIN Advocate for the Respondent : JOSHUA SHEQI, NAGALI SHOHE,CHINGMEI KONYAK,MIKA H AYE,ATOKA,P MHONBENI EZUNG,KEDI KOSO,K LILY SWU,KETHO SEKHOSE,KEVI KIRE,YEKA SUMI,KIVITOLI SWU,R WONCHIBENI TSANGLO,TUNATO YEPTHO,RUBICA KIHO,VIVANA BEFORE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE MRIDUL KUMAR KALITA ORDER Date - 06.08.2026 1. Heard Mr. K Luikang Michael, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as Ms. Z. Zimmomi, the learned counsel for the contempt petitioner. Also heard Ms. Imti Imsong, the learned counsel for the respondent No. 4. 2. This Interlocutory Application has been filed in connection with the contempt petition bearing No. COP(C)16/2025 whereby the present applicants have prayed for impleading them in the connected contempt proceeding on the ground that any order passed in this contempt proceeding will affect the rights of the present applicant. Page No.# 3/4 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that the present applicants were the private respondents in the writ petition No. WP (C) No. 189 to 199/2022. 4. The learned counsel for the applicants further submits that as the rights of the applicants are going to be affected and as they are also inclined to assist this Court by bringing factual aspect before this Court, they may be impleaded as the respondent in the connected contempt petition. 5. On the other hand, Ms. Z. Zimmomi, the learned counsel for the contempt petitioner has submitted that this contempt petition has been filed due to failure on the part of the State respondents to comply with the directions issued to them by the Court in WP(C) No. 189/2022 and other analogous writ petitions. 6. She submits that in the contempt case, the jurisdiction of the Court is very limited and the Court has to see whether the contemnor is liable to be punished for non compliance of the Court’s order. It cannot again reopen the issues, which has already been determined by the Court in the writ proceedings, as such, the prayer of the applicant in this Interlocutory Application is uncalled for and should be dismissed. 7. Ms. Imti Imsong, the learned Additional AG submits that he leaves it to the Court to decide the instant Interlocutory Application. 8. After going through the materials available on record, this Court is agreeable to the submissions made by Ms. Z. Zimmomi, the learned counsel for the contempt petitioner that Page No.# 4/4 the jurisdiction of a contempt Court is limited to ascertain as to whether the contemnor would be liable to be punished in terms of the contempt of Court and other relevant provisions for non-compliance of the court’s order. It need not to look beyond the order which is said to have been disobeyed by the contemnor. As such this Interlocutory Application does not have any merit and accordingly, dismissed. 9. The prayer for impleadment of applicants as contemnor in the connected contempt case is hereby rejected. Sd/- JUDGE Comparing Assistant