Morung Express NewsDimapur | August 10The Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court has dismissed a petition filed by 84 Postgraduate Teachers (PGTs) challenging the seniority and promotions of contractual teachers in Nagaland, holding that the challenge was barred by delay and laches. The petitioners also challenged their placement below the private respondents in successive seniority lists and sought to set aside the promotion of 12 of the private respondents to the post of Vice-Principal in June 2026. The Court noted that the private respondents had been appointed much before the petitioners and that their appointments were against sanctioned posts. A key consideration was the seniority lists issued in 2011, 2016 and 2018, which placed the petitioners below the private respondents. The High Court found no prima facie material that the contractors had manipulated the Measurement Book, knowingly submitted false claims or acted dishonestly.