Page No.# 1/3 GAHC020005742026 2026:GAU-NL:521 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) KOHIMA BENCH Case No. : COP(C)/36/2026 SHRI KILANGMEREN S/O WATINUNGBA, R/O KHAR VILLAGE, P.O. MANGKOLEMBA - 798604, MOKOKCHUNG, NAGALAND VERSUS SHRI ORENTHUNG LOTHA AND 2 ORS COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF NAGALAND, DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAGALAND, KOHIMA - 797001 2:SMTI. DZUVINUO THEUNUO DIRECTOR DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS NAGALAND KOHIMA - 797001 3:SHRI ARSEN DPRO MOKOKCHUNG NAGALAN Advocate for the Petitioner : C. T. JAMIR, SR. ADV, JAWAMONG YADEN,O TEMJEN JAMIR,NUNGSANG AIER,IMTILA PONGEN,ASA RUTSA,KROVI TSUKRU,TOSHI JAMIR,ALIBA OZUKUM,I IMCHEN Advocate for the Respondent : , Page No.# 2/3 BEFORE HONBLE MR JUSTICE NCHUMBEMO MOZHUI O R D E R 29.09.2026 Ms. Krovi Tsukru, learned counsel for the contempt Petitioner is present. Mr. Moa Imchen, learned counsel appears for Respondent No. 1 and Ms. Bichano Kithan, learned counsel appears for Respondent Nos. 2 and 3. 2. The instant contempt petition has been filed for willful and deliberate violation of the Court’s Order dated 07.03.2025 passed in WP(C)/6/2023, whereby this Hon’ble Court directed the State Respondents without interfering into the appointment of the Respondent No. 4 in the said writ petition. However, a direction was issued to the effect that the Respondent No. 4 may be transferred to any other place where there is a vacancy and complete the process within a period of 3 (three) months from the date of the Order. 3. Further the Court has directed the Respondents to take steps for consideration of the case of the Petitioner for regularization of the service of the Petitioner to the post of Chowkidar, appointed on land ownership basis in the Office of the Assistant Public Relation Officer, Mangkolemba, the vacancy caused by the demise of the previous incumbent. 4. It is further submitted by the counsel for the Petitioner that a copy of the Court’s Order dated 07.03.2025 was communicated to the Respondents by the Petitioner by Representation dated 19.03.2026 as well Page No.# 3/3 as a reminder Letter dated 21.05.2026. Inspite of the directions issued by the Court vide Order dated 07.03.2025, passed in WP(C)/6/2023 the Respondents have not complied with the said Order. 5. However, today when the matter was called up the Respondent No. 2 has issued a Letter No. DIPR/CC/6/2023/602 dated 07.09.2026 through the counsel, Ms. Bichano Kithan, indicating the compliance with the Court’s Order. A perusal of the Letter dated 07.09.2026 will indicate that the Petitioner, Mr. Kilangmeren was appointed as MTS under the Office of the Assistant Public Relation Officer, Mangkolemba. The name of the Petitioner has also been forwarded to the P&AR Department, Government of Nagaland for generation of Personal Information Management System (PIMS). 6. Further, in compliance with the Court’s Order, the Respondent No. 4 in the writ petition, Ms. Mupulila Imsong, MTS has been transferred to Information Centre Office, Alongkima w.e.f. 01.09.2026. The Letter dated 07.09.2026 shows that the Court’s Order has been complied with and as such, the counsel for the Petitioner, Ms. Krovi Tsukru fairly submits that she does not want to pursue the contempt petition and prays for closure of the same. 7. In view of the above facts and circumstances, the contempt petition stands disposed of with the above observation. JUDGE Comparing Assistant