CANSSEA vows to stand for High Court judgement

Kohima, July 17 (MExN): The Confederation of all Nagaland State Services Employees’ Association (CANSSEA) has reiterated that it will continue to abide by the judgement of the High Court over the Nagaland State Government rule of 33 years of length of service for retirement of government employees. This has been informed in a press release issued by Dr. K Solo President of CANSSEA.

The High Court on September 6, 1995 passed judgement in favour of CANSSEA and affirmed that the said rule, irrespective of whether the person attain the age of superannuation as arbitrary and violation of article 1. It also stated that eviction of an employee out of the employment as per the rule of length of services has no basis and declared the same as “ultra vires”.

However, it further stated that on July 16, 2009 the CANSSEA in one of the meeting held at its central office, Kohima discussed that the Nagaland Retirement from Public Employment (Second Amendment) Bill, 2009, passed in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly on July 10, 2009 is repetitive of the past and also violation of the High Court judgement –1995. 

The CANSSEA has called out every state government employees with the slogan: “CAMSSEA is firm to safeguard the genuine interest of the bonafide members by all possible means and leave the unwilling and recalcitrant ones to be dealt in accordance with the provision of law”, it stated