Dimapur, January 14 (MExN): Ad-hoc teachers today threatened the Nagaland government with resuming agitations if the state Cabinet fails to review its decision to amend the effective date of regularization of the said teachers.
The All Nagaland Ad-hoc Teachers’ Union (ANATU) informed today that it has “tightened its demand” for a review of the Cabinet’s decision to amend the effective date of regularization from September 7, 2011 to May 14, 2007. The ANATU said in a press release that it would resume its temporarily called-off agitations, in August 2011, if the School Education department fails to review at the decision.
The union said that the department ‘has not even pursued the matter’ during the two previous Cabinet meetings held in December 2011 while “some similar case” was reviewed by government.
“In this regard, the union has reminded the department to submit its cabinet memorandum for review to the Cabinet cell without further delay,” the union said in its press release. The ad-hoc teachers are unhappy at the delay which purportedly has caused a gap of more than one year “in comparison to their vis-à-vis contemporary ministerial staff whose services were regularized on November 1st, 2010 with effective date given from the date of joining their posts.”
Teachers and other employees under the same department should be equally treated, the union said. “The union could no longer tolerate for passion when the department had repeatedly turned deaf ear to their cry and grievances. Hence, ANATU, on behalf of 1,728 members from 11 districts, has appealed the state Cabinet to intervene and redress their grievances at an early date.”
