During sessions of either parliament or assemblies in India, law makers generally take note of matters of urgent public importance especially when are reported by the media which are then brought to the notice of the house for deliberation. Many issues of urgent public importance have been reported by the media in recent months; notably the perennial problem in Dimapur by unabated, multiple and illegal or unauthorised taxations at gates, sale and distribution of illicitly brewed liquor including market syndication. These are pressing issues since they affect the entire gamut of society. These activities have only added to the burden of the people as illegal taxations have only pushed up prices of almost every item. It is heartening to note that the issue of gate taxation has been discussed in the ongoing assembly session and hopefully the house would adopt a resolution for proactive action to exhibit a political will to do away with such unwanted activities. This is a bounden and constitutional obligation of elected representatives. It would also be a service to citizens if the elected representatives also draw attention to media reports involving the rampant fuel adulteration racket that continues to dog society and kingpins continuing to dodge the law. ACAUT Nagaland has drawn the attention of public to the recent incident at Lahorijan in Karbi Anglong, where several oil tankers were engulfed in fire. ACAUT claimed that the fire, whether caused by negligence or as consequence of reaction between adulterant chemicals added to fuel, indicated that the business has not stopped even after it filed a PIL for CBI probe into the fuel adulteration racket. ACAUT claimed that it filed the PIL in 2017 after the state government’s Special Investigation Team(SIT) report failed to expose the facts about the multi-crore rupee fuel adulteration racket.If what ACAUT said was based on facts, then it raises serious questions about the so-called “rule of law” in the state. ACAUT has based the reasons for filing of its PIL on the sequence of developments in the light of the 2016 raids in Dimapur on several fuel pump outlets in Dimapur. According to ACAUT the 2016 raids exposed a widespread phenomenon of fuel adulteration racket which exposed the main kingpin but for whatever reasons, the law as prevalent in Nagaland, did not find it necessary to bring the alleged kingpin to book. To add insult to injury, it was the Assam Police and not the Nagaland Police which eventually arrested the alleged fuel adulteration racket kingpin. ACAUT claimed that it has been appearing in court to arrest the kingpin of the racket but the case appears to be inconclusive. The state assembly ought to take notice of this grievous offence in referring to media reports. The recent reports involved the so-called backdoor appointments in the Tourism department where no one less than the state Lokyukta had recommended filing of chargesheet against as retired IAS officer in the rank of commissioner and secretary for alleged backdoor appointments. These are more important than the CAA issues in the light the Lokayukta taking a significant step to book a retired government official for alleged backdoor appointment. The elected members ought to prove that they are sensitive to the evils plaguing society by addressing these issues which are certainly of utmost public importance.