Shillong, July 9 -- The Meghalaya High Court has reinstated four scientists whose appointments at the North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR) were cancelled in 2022.

The court declared the cancellations legally void and directed that the scientists be restored to their posts with full back wages, allowances, and service benefits.

The judgment was delivered on July 8, 2025, by a division bench comprising Chief Justice I P Mukerji and Justice W Diengdoh.

The petitioners - Ankit Shrivastava, Simon Phukan, Simanta Das, and Rakesh Kumar Sarmah - were appointed in November 2021 through a recruitment process approved by NECTAR's Executive Committee and Governing Council.

However, their appointments were cancelled duri...