According to the news reports, the department stated that while hearing a special leave petition (SLP) on January 16, the apex court ordered that “The present claim of the petitioners will have no bearing on the appointments already made by the state.” This means that the regularisation of the 97 medical officers will continue unaffected.
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Medical Dialogues had previously reported that, upholding the Nagaland government’s decision to regularise 98 doctors who were appointed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court has dismissed appeals challenging the Special Recruitment Drive (SRD) that confirmed the doctors' services. A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury, said it found no fault in the earlier Single Judge ruling and allowed the State to proceed with the regularisation process, if it had not already been completed. The SLP was filed following a judgment dated December 11, 2025, by the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court in Writ Appeal No. 32 of 2025. The case had challenged the earlier single-judge orders dated August 1, 2025, in WP(C) No. 239/2024 and WP(C) No. 187/2024, which had permitted the Nagaland government to regularise medical officers engaged under the Special Recruitment Drive during the pandemic.
According to the Health and Family Welfare Department, the 97 medical officers, who were initially appointed during the COVID-19 crisis and are still serving, have now been formally regularised.
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The regularisation was carried out based on the approval accorded by the state Cabinet vide No. CAB-1/14/2023 dated August 7, 2024, and the judgment passed by the Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court in WA/25/2025 on December 11, 2025, reports Eastern Mirror.
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