GAHC020001392025 2026:GAU-NL:273 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

KOHIMA BENCH Case No. : WP(C)/50/2025 SHRI LANUTOSHI S/O LT. SENDONGYANGER, R/O UNGMA VILLAGE, DISTRICT MOKOKCHUNG, NAGALAND VERSUS THE STATE OF NAGALAND AND 3 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

2:THE HOME COMMISSIONER GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

3:THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE NAGALAND KOHIMA

4:THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE MOKOKCHUNG NAGALAN Advocate for the Petitioner : TOSHI O. LONGKUMER, Advocate for the Respondent : GOVT ADV NL, 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 notice