Dimapur, July 19 (MExN): An organization of Nagaland government employees today issued a letter to the state government making a number of significant demands including one calling for decentralization of departmental funds. The “memo” of the Confederation of All Nagaland State Service Employees’ Association (CANSSEA) addressed to the chief secretary of Nagaland also included demands for appointment to IAS “post quota,” maternity leave and drawing GPF from district headquarters.
In its “memo” the CANSSEA has asked the government to decentralize funds. “The reason of introducing such system may be attributed to time saving or easy to adjust things etc amongst the officers. It may not be practicable to centralize fund when the Government of India aims at reaching the villages by ways of flagship programmes etc., centralization is a contradictory policy,” the organization claimed. According to the CANSSEA, the state government “has been functioning on centralization of fund.” Under the prevailing system, “drawal” of money for any kind of “developmental works and district office maintenance including purchase of stationery for districts and block offices are being done and issued from the respective directorates,” the CANSSEA stated.
The organization wants the “IAS post quota & lateral induction to NCS for other services” to be implemented. The provision of lateral entry to certain posts of NCS as existed in the past and restoring the system “will go along way in strengthening the network of active and smooth cooperation in instilling confidence amongst employees of various departments of the State,” the CANSSEA stated.
Also, the organization has demanded that the State “adopt” Maternity Leave “considering the indispensability of mother’s care and attention to the child.” The CANSSEA has asked the government for “adoption” of maternity leave at par with Central Government as is also prescribed by World Health Organization. The CANSSEA has requested the government to immediately restore the old system of decentralization of fund including drawal of GPF at district head quarters.
Another demand for redress the CANSSEA made was what it called “pay anomaly for the rank of Addl. Director.” The 6th ROP of Nagaland has clubbed all class-I posts up to the rank of additional director under the same pay band, the organization stated. “This is too depriving for senior officers and therefore, at least Additional Director`s pay should be given at par with Central Structure i.e. Rs. 37400-67000 with grade pay at 8700.” The CANSSEA has also asked for early release of the Dearness Allowance for January 2012 and July 2012 at the earliest possible time.
Further, the organization has also expressed concern at the implementation of the Nagaland Government Servants (Transfer & Posting) Act 2009 “which had affected some of the HODs in highly technical department were transferred and posted to as OSD in the Secretariat without assigning any official works.”
Many departments in Nagaland are either technical or semi technical “by nature of works” and “recruitment of the in cadre service is done through the most competent State Public Service Commission (NPSC) to man the department.”
On the contrary, the CANSSEA stated, “keeping in view of the Act which empowered the Government to transfer any government servant and posted to anywhere in the Government set up as ex-cadre post is defaming to the fraternity and integrity of State government servants.”
