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2026 DAILYLAW 902 (MAN)

Konsam Ibetombi Chanu v. State of Manipur and 2 Ors

WP(C)/943/2025 · 2026-09-07

Ahanthem Bimol Singh

Writ Petition (Civil)body2026

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MC(WP(C)) NO. 501 OF 2026 MC(WP(C)) NO. 488 OF 2026 & WP(C) NO. 943 OF 2025 1 Item No. 49-51 IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR AT IMPHAL MC(WP(C)) No. 501 of 2026 MC(WP(C))No. 488 of 2026 Ref. WP(C) No. 943 of 2025 Konsam Ibetombi Chanu, aged about 59 years, W/o (L) Nongthombam Oken Singh a resident of Khurai Chingangbam Leikai, P.O. & P.S. Porompat, Imphal East District Manipur-795005. …Applicant/Petitioner -Versus- 1. The State of Manipur represented by the Chief Secretary, Government of Manipur, New Secretariat, Babupara, P.O. & P.S. Imphal, Imphal West Manipur-795001. 2. The Secretary, General Administrative Department (GAD), Government of Manipur, New Secretariat, Babupara, P.O. & P.S. Imphal, Imphal West Manipur-795001. 3. The Director, Directorate of Printing and Stationary, Government of Manipur, Yaiskul Police Lane, P.O. & P.S. Imphal, Imphal West, Manipur-795001. …Respondent/s -B E F O R E- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AHANTHEM BIMOL SINGH For the Applicant/ Petitioner :: Ms. Kh. Nirmala, Advocate For the Respondents :: Mr. Th. Vashum, GA Date of Hearing :: 08-09-2026 Date of Order :: 08-09-2026 MC(WP(C)) NO. 501 OF 2026 MC(WP(C)) NO. 488 OF 2026 & WP(C) NO. 943 OF 2025 2 O R D E R ( O R A L) Ms. Kh. Nirmala, learned counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Th. Vashum, learned GA appeared on behalf of the respondents. [2] The present application has been filed with a prayer for quashing and setting aside the impugned order date 03-12-2024 issued by the Director, Printing and Stationery, Govt. of Manipur placing the petitioner under suspension w.e.f. 06-11-2024 and also with a prayer for directing the respondents to re-instate the petitioner to her post with all consequential benefits including arrears and allowances. [3] When the matter is taken up today, learned GA produced and placed before this Court the order dated 07-09-2026 issued by the Director, Printing and Stationery, Govt. of Manipur. By the said order, the impugned suspension order has been revoked and the petitioner has been re-instated back in service. It has also been ordered that the pay and allowance of the petitioner for the period of suspension from 06-11-2024 to 07-09-2026 shall be regulated in accordance with the provision of FR 54-B subject to the final outcome of the Criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner. [4] For ready reference a scanned copy of the said order dated 07-09-2026 is reproduced hereunder: MC(WP(C)) NO. 501 OF 2026 MC(WP(C)) NO. 488 OF 2026 & WP(C) NO. 943 OF 2025 3 MC(WP(C)) NO. 501 OF 2026 MC(WP(C)) NO. 488 OF 2026 & WP(C) NO. 943 OF 2025 4 [5] The learned GA submitted that as the impugned suspension order has been revoked and the petitioner has been reinstated back in service, no cause survives for adjudication in the present writ petition and the present writ petition can be closed as infructuous. [6] Ms. Kh. Nirmala, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner endorsed the submission made by the learned GA and submitted that the MC(WP(C)) NO. 501 OF 2026 MC(WP(C)) NO. 488 OF 2026 & WP(C) NO. 943 OF 2025 5 present writ petition can be closed as infructuous as the petitioner has already got the relief sought for in the present writ petition. [7] Recording the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the present writ petition is hereby closed as infructuous. [8] Consequently, the two connected applications also stand closed. JUDGE Dhakeshori