Dimapur, December 8 (MExN): Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has demanded a review of regulations for length of service and retirement under the Nagaland Retirement (From Public Employment) Act 2009 for what the organization implied to be anomalies – anomalies so big that it actually allows even retired government employees to return to service!
The NSF had appealed for removal of a number of clauses stated in the memorandum served by the state government on October 1, 2011.
The NSF addressed a letter to the Chief Secretary of Nagaland today explaining the reasons why some of the points in the memorandum need removal or rectification. The NSF said “point no 1” and “3” are clear in meaning and is “fairly acceptable but not “point no 2” which is “most unacceptable” as it “gives double benefit” to government employees who fall in that category. The NSF did not bother to explain in its copy of the letter to the Media what “point no 2” or “3” or “2” meant. “This category of employees enjoys benefits not enjoyed by those employees in point no.1 and 3,” the NSF’s letter stated.
The organization explained its matter on the aforementioned points – “Even as the length of service of point no. 1 category of employees rendered on work-charged, contract/adhoc basis is counted, the employees in point no.2 category are given the benefit of not counting the length of service rendered on contract, adhoc, workcharged. Where as point no. 3 mentions about the benefit or continuity of past service which includes increment, leave entitlement, counting such service for length of service or pension purpose etc by differentiating between those who have been enjoying these benefits and those who have not enjoyed these benefits to determine the length of service, the employees who fall under point no.2 have direct benefit to any of the above two different class of employees.”
As a result of “point no 2”, the NSF said, many employees who have been “accorded farewell” and left service are coming back to join service. “Though their length of service has been completed, the point no.2 clarification has given room for many employees the right of benefit to come back as their service rendered on contract, adhoc, work-charged basis was not counted towards length of service. In such case, many employees would be in service for more than 40 years.
The NSF has demanded that the government erase ‘point.2’ or rectify it immediately. The NSF has assured that it would continue to fight till logical conclusion to this matter. “At the same time, the NSF cautions the government to refrain from taking further decisions in the form of office memorandum which is void of justice but engineered only to benefit the few,” the organization added.
