Page No.# 1/3 GAHC020000352026 2026:GAU-NL:25 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) KOHIMA BENCH Case No. : WP(C)/8/2026 SHRI GOAKE KONYAK SON OF LATE LOJUNG KONYAK, R/O SHEANGHAH CHINGNYU VILLAGE, MON, NAGALAND VERSUS STATE OF NAGALAND AND 3 ORS THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVT. OF NAGALAND, NAGALAND KOHIMA 2:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY P AND AR DEPT. GOVT. OF NAGALAND NAGALAND KOHIMA. 3:THE COMMISSIONER NAGALAND KOHIMA 4:THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MON NAGALAN Advocate for the Petitioner : MOA JAMIR, GRACE I NAMGI,K SHIJOH,SHISA JAMIR,Y HUMTSOE Advocate for the Respondent : GOVT ADV NL, Page No.# 2/3 BEFORE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROBIN PHUKAN O R D E R 30.01.2026 Pursuant to Order dated 29.01.2026, Ms. Seponglemla Chang, learned Government Advocate, obtained verbal instructions and apprised this Court that the name of the petitioner is at Sl. No. 2 of the list prepared by the Deputy Commissioner for being appointed on compassionate ground and his case will be considered by the District Recruitment Board and sufficient time may be granted to convene the meeting of the Board to approve the case of the petitioner. 2. Mr. Moa Jamir, learned counsel for the petitioner, however, taking this Court to the Annexure-K (Page-30) of the petition, submits that the name of the petitioner is at Sl. No. 2 and in the ‘remark column’ it is stated that the post is reserved for him and, as such, there is no ground for further delaying the matter and in convening the meeting of the District Recruitment Board and in approving the case of the petitioner for being appointed on compassionate ground. 3. However, Ms. Chang submits that before the name of the petitioner at Sl. No. 1, another person is there, and unless the said person is appointed, the petitioner cannot be appointed. 4. But Mr. Jamir has pointed out that as many as 17 (seventeen) posts are lying vacant and, therefore he contended to allow this petition by giving a definite time-frame to the respondent authorities to appoint the petitioner on compassionate ground. Page No.# 3/3 5. It is to be noted here that the father of the petitioner was serving as Peon in the establishment of the Deputy Commissioner, Mon and he died in harness on 26.06.2019. Thereafter, the petitioner has preferred an application for being appointed on compassionate ground on 30.09.2019 and, thereafter, the competent authority has found the petitioner eligible under the applicable guidelines and thereafter, recommended his name twice, firstly vide Letter dated 21.02.2022 and thereafter on 07.09.2024, and the matter is pending for the last 7 (seven) years. 6. In view of the submissions of the learned counsels for both the parties and also considering the facts and circumstances on the record, this Court is inclined to dispose of this petition by directing the respondent authorities to convene the meeting of the District Recruitment Board within a period of 2 (two) months from today and to approve the name of the petitioner in accordance with the available guidelines for being appointed on compassionate ground. 7. The petitioner shall obtain a certified copy of this Order and place the same before the respondent authorities within a period of one week from today. In terms of the above, this writ petition is disposed of, leaving the parties to bear their own cost. JUDGE Comparing Assistant