DIMAPUR, APRIL 24 (MExN): After slamming the State Police Department for its appointment procedures, the Nagaland Congress (NLC) today set its sights on the Nagaland PWD (Housing).
A press note from the NLC questioned the appointment procedures in the PWD (Housing) department. It alleged that “appointment of non locals (non indigenous) is excessively high and nature of appointment is highly questionable.”
The NLC reproduced, what it informed was, “facts and figures furnished by Office of CE, PWD (H) Kohima,” corresponding to RTI information related to current status of employees in the State (as of 22/11/2016).
As per the data, the NLC informed that under CE Office Kohima, 26% of total employees are non locals. Under Central Division Kohima, 15% of total regularized employees are non locals, and 75% of total regularized & 100% of non regularized employees were directly appointed.
Under the EE Division Kohima, the NLC revealed that 10% of total employees are non locals, while 94% of both regularized & non regularized employees were directly appointed and all 713 scale & fixed employees were directly appointed.
Under Estate Division Kohima, 22% of total employees are non locals, while 75% of both regularized & non regularized employees were directly appointed.
Further, under New Capital Complex Division (NCCD) Kohima, 19% of total regularized & 32% of total non regularized employees are non locals, while 95% of regularized and 100% of non regularized employees were directly appointed.
Under the EE Division Dimapur, 54% of total regularized employees are non locals and 100% non regularized employees were directly appointed. The department’s claim that all regularized posts (454) were filled through DSC is “completely false because 54% are non locals,” the Nagaland Congress alleged.
It further informed that under Estate Division Mokokchung, all regularized posts (21) and non regularized posts (13) were directly appointed; while under EE Division Tuensang, 97% of regularized posts were directly appointed and 98% of non regularized posts were directly appointed.
Summing up, the NLC stated that 9% of regularized & non regularized employees in the department are non locals (4th highest employees in the department); 71% of regularized & non regularized employees were direct appointment; and 29% of regularized & non regularized employees were appointed through NPSC, departmental process etc.
These figures, the NLC stated, have been brought to public domain for the government to clarify its position on “excessive appointment of non locals and to disprove allegation that government jobs in the state are being sold out to non locals at exorbitant rate.”
“Citizens also must react responsibly; else children’s education is becoming meaningless and educated youth having no place and purpose in life,” it added.
