Manipur High Court
+05’30’ vs State Of Manipur And 2 Ors on 22 May, 2026
Author: A. Guneshwar Sharma
Bench: A. Guneshwar Sharma
Digitally
Item no. 23
Oinam signed by
Oinam Thoiba IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR
Thoiba Meitei
Date:
AT IMPHAL
2026.05.22
Meitei 17:51:21 WP(C) No. 594 of 2024
+05'30'
Kamei Khampu
... Petitioner
- Versus -
State of Manipur and 2 Ors.
... Respondents
B E F O R E
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A. GUNESHWAR SHARMA
ORDER
22.05.2026
[1] Present Mr. Kh. Tarunkumar, learned sr. counsel assisted by Ms.
Kh. Maria, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Th. Sukumar, learned GA
for the State respondent.
[2] The matter relates to the direction for creating 1(one) post of
District Program Manager (DPM) under the State Health Society, National Health
Mission for Tamenglong District. Vide order dated 06.01.2022, State Government
created 87(eighty seven) different posts in the Health Department, Manipur,
including 15(fifteen) posts for DPM for 15 districts and the existing 15 DPMs,
who were engaged on contractual basis were regularized by the same order.
Inadvertently, for the Tamenglong district, the post of DPM was not created on
regular basis and as such, the petitioner who was/is also working as DPM,
Tamenglong on contractual basis could not be regularized as done in the similarly
situated persons who were initially engaged along with him.
[3] This Court has perused the materials on record and it is seen that
vide letter dated 01.03.2023, the Chief Medical Officer, Tamenglong submitted
recommendation for regularization of the service of petitioner as DPM,
Tamenglong to the State Mission Director, State Health Society, NHM, Manipur
and the State Mission Director has also submitted a proposal dated 29.08.2023
to the Commissioner (Health & FW), Govt. of Manipur inter-alia suggesting- (i)
creation of 1(one) post of DPM for Tamenglong and (ii) regularization of the
petitioner against the said post as done in similarly situated persons. No concrete
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action has been done for creation of regular post of DPM for Tamenglong and
regularization for the petitioner against the said post. In the counter affidavit
filed by the State respondent, it is stated in ‘para no. 10’ that the State Health
Department alone cannot decide the matter for regularization of the service of
the petitioner and the matter has to be placed before the State Cabinet after
obtaining views of Department of Personnel, Govt. of Manipur and Finance
Department (PIC), Govt. of Manipur. Vide order dated 06.02.2026, this Court
granted 3(three) week’s time to the learned GA for the State respondent for
seeking necessary instructions with regard to the regularization of the service of
the petitioner and the same was also recorded in order dated 08.05.2026. In
terms of the order dated 06.02.2026, the learned GA has requested the
Commissioner (Health & FW), Govt. of Manipur vide letter dated 10.02.2026 for
necessary instructions and further with respect to order dated 08.05.2026, the
learned GA also intimated Commissioner (Health & FW), Govt. of Manipur by a
letter dated 08.05.2026 for instructions. In spite of the intimations, in terms of
the earlier orders dated 06.02.2026 and 08.05.2026, no instructions have been
furnished by the State Authority to learned Government Advocates till date.
[4] The learned GA prays for 2(two) more week’s time for taking
instructions and in absence of any instructions, this Court is not able to pass any
concrete order.
[5] In the circumstances, 2(two) more week’s time is granted to the
learned GA for taking instruction. If instruction is not intimated to the learned
GA by the next date, the Administrative Secretary of Health & Family Welfare,
Govt. of Manipur or any other competent officer of State Government shall
present himself/herself before the Court for giving necessary instruction to the
learned GA.
[6] List this case on 24.06.2026.
[7] Furnish a copy of this order to the learned GA for information.
JUDGE
Thoiba
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