JUDGMENT :

The instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the writ petitioner to assail two orders – Order dated 16.02.2023 and Order dated 30.06.2023 – passed by the respondent no. 4, that is, the Chungtia Medemchanger Putu Menden, District – Mokokchung. The petitioner has also prayed for a direction to the respondent no. 3, that is, the Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung to initiate proper action against the respondent nos. 5 to 18 as provided under the law. The respondent nos. 5 to 18 are members in the Chungtia Medemchanger Putu Menden, that is, the respondent no. 4.

2. By the Order dated 16.02.2023, the respondent no. 4 had inter alia debarred the petitioner from being a part of Chungtia Village temporarily on the ground that the petitioner did not act in the best interests of the Chungtia Village. By the subsequent Order dated 30.06.2023, the petitioner was excommunicated from Chungtia Village citizenship for his lifetime with the allegation that the petitioner had acted in contravention of the customary practices of the Chungtia Medemchanger Putu Menden. The Order dated 30.06.2023 passed by the respondent no. 4 was published in a lo