Dimapur, August 7 (MExN): The All Nagaland Adhoc Teachers’ Group (ANATG) of the 2015 batch on Sunday informed that it had submitted a 30-day ultimatum to the Principal Director, School Education on July 21, seeking immediate redressal on the matter of service regularization.
Informing this in a press release, the group stated that it would resume agitations which it had ‘unconditionally suspended’ on June 29, 2018.
As per the release, the ANATG 2015 Batch comprises of graduate teachers, primary teachers, drawing teachers and other vocational teachers appointed on Adhoc basis, against sanctioned posts from 1994 to 2012.
It said that as per the department’s norms for service regularization, the department suitability test, verification of documents and interviews were conducted by the Government/ department on May 20 and 22, 2017. “However, even after the fulfillment of all the criteria, the matter of regularization was not considered which compelled the aggrieved ANATG 2015 batch to undertake pen down strike, district wise from May 16 to 18 2018, followed by mass casual leave from June 4 to 6, 2018 and finally hunder strike from June 29, 2018, which was unconditionally suspended,” the release stated.
It went on to state that despite several representations on the matter, “the issue at hand has not been attended till date, whereas it is in the knowledge of all concerned that the regularization process in other departments are being done.”
Accordingly, the group stated that it has submitted an ultimatum to the department to redress the matter, failing which the suspended agitation would be resumed.
Meanwhile, the group also informed all the district units and general members under its fold, “to be prepared for whatsoever situation that may arise after the expiry of the ultimatum period.”
