JOHN TELEN KOM TELEN KOM Date: 2025.12.09 Sl. No. 7&8 IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR AT IMPHAL MC(PIL)No.36 of 2025 With PIL No.2 of 2025 Ahanthem Irabot & 2 Ors.

Petitioners Vs.

Union of India & 5 Ors.

Respondents BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. M. SUNDAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AHANTHEM BIMOL SINGH (ORDER)

(Order of the Court was m ade by Mr. M. Sundar, CJ)

08.12.2025 [1] Instant order will now dispose of the captioned main Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and Captioned Misc. Case(MC) thereat.

[2] In the hearing today, Mr. Kh. Tarunkumar, learned senior advocate instructed by Mr. Rustam, learned counsel on record for 3(three) PIL petitioners, Mr. W. Darakishwor, learned Senior Penal Counsel for Central Government (Sr.PCCG) for respondent Nos. 1 & 2 and Mr. H. Debendra, learned Deputy Advocate General(Dy.AG) and senior advocate instructed by Mr. Dimal Kumar Haobam, learned counsel on record for respondent Nos. 3 to 6 are before this Court. (To be noted, R1, R2 etc. denote 1^st respondent, 2^nd respondent respectively and similar abbreviations are being used in instant order with regard to other respondents also for the sake of convenience and clarity).

[3] This Court, with the consent of al