JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner has instituted the writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking setting aside and quashing of an Office Order bearing no. E-In-C/ESTT- 7/APPP/17[TULI]/2020 dated 04.03.2020 issued under the hand of the respondent no. 3 i.e. the Engineer-In-Chief, Nagaland Public Works Department [NPWD], Nagaland, Kohima whereby the respondent no. 6 has been appointed in a Grade - IV post of Chowkidar on temporary basis with effect from the date of his joining the post and posted in the establishment of the respondent no. 5 i.e. the Executive Engineer, P.W.D. [R&B], Feeder Roads Division, Tuli, District – Mokokchung, Nagaland and also for a direction to the respondent authorities to appoint the petitioner against the said post.

2. The case that is laid before the Court by the petitioner, in brief, is that :

2.1. The Government of Nagaland in the Land Revenue Department having considered the peculiar land holding system prevailing in the State of Nagaland, has framed a policy relating to appointments in Grade - IV posts under the Government of Nagaland on landownership basis and the said policy has been notified by a Notification bearing no. LR/6-1