Kohima, September 4 (MExN): The Department of Health and Family Welfare has issued an order stating that the process of regularization of various categories of posts created during the COVID-19 pandemic has been kept in abeyance.
According to the department, the order was issued in compliance with the interim directive of the High Court in Writ Appeal No. 25/2025 dated September 3. The Court has stayed the Cabinet Decision dated August 6, 2024, and the subsequent Notification dated August 18, 2025. It has further directed that no further steps for regularization be undertaken by the State respondents on the basis of the said Cabinet Decision and Notification. Accordingly, the department stated that the ongoing process of regularization through the Department Screening Committee has been put on hold until further orders.
Meanwhile, the Nagaland Medical Students’ Association (NMSA) has resolved to call off its agitation. “This decision has been taken in light of the matter being sub-judice before the High Court, which has already issued a stay order on further recruitment processes by the department,” it stated in a press release.
