BEFORE

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR

JUDGMENT AND ORDER (CAV)

Date : 18-05-2026

Heard Mr. Toshi O Longkumer, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Ms. A. Ayemi, learned Government Advocate for the State respondents.

2. The challenge in this present writ petition is to an order dated 30.11.2023, issued by the Superintendent of Police, Mokokchung, Nagaland imposing the penalty of dismissal from service upon the petitioner on conclusion of a departmental proceeding instituted against him.

3. The facts in brief requisite for adjudication of the issues arising in the present writ petition is noticed as under.

4. The petitioner was issued with a show cause notice requiring him to explain with regard to his consumption, use and procurement of Narcotic substances. While such show cause notice was pending, the petitioner was arrested on 01.07.2023, in connection with Mokokchung PS case no. 12/2023 registered under Section 21(b) of the NDPS Act basing on an allegation of possession of contraband substances. On the petitioner being placed under detention, the Superintendent of Police, Mokokchung, Nagaland vide order dated 03.07.2023, proceeded to place the petitioner under s