DIMAPUR, MARCH 5 (MExN): The Nagaland NET Qualified Forum (NNQF) today wrote to the Nagaland Chief Secretary, bringing attention to the delay in the advertisement of the Common Educational Service (CET) examination, 2019.
A press release from the NNQF said that the NPSC had advertised 63 posts of Assistant Professors, out of the 110 posts advertised on November 13, 2019. However, the same was put on hold by the NPSC since November for want of necessary changes and direction thereof from the government with regard to implementation of 4% reservation for Persons with Disabilities as mandated by the Supreme Court.
The government had constituted a Review Committee on Job Reservation Policy in August, 2019 to examine the present percentage of job reservation within 2 months. However the committee has not submitted its report even after a lapse of 7 months, the NNQF informed.
“It is even more disheartening to learn that the Committee has not successfully convened for a single sitting. In the meantime, it has also been dissolved and a new Committee is being set up,” the forum stated.
It asserted that a report of the committee is crucial to the conduct of the exam and its non-closure has been the reason why the NPSC could not resume the conduct of the exam.
“Any further delay by the committee and issuance of new notification by the NPSC will mean that many candidates will be overaged for the reason that has been the fault of the government. This is gross injustice,” the forum said.
It meanwhile pointed out that the Office Memorandum dated July 5, 2018 “clearly mentions that all 110 posts will be recruited in two phases: 68 during the financial year 2018-2019 and the remaining 42 during the financial year 2019-2020.”
“The reality, however, is that even after the two financial years have expired and we are now in March of 2020, not even the first phase of recruitment has been completed on the pretext of one or the other reason,” it stated.
The forum asked the Chief Secretary to immediately constitute and direct the committee to complete the work within one month so that the necessary action will follow and the NPSC can resume the process of recruitment.
It also asked the Chief Secretary to direct the Higher and Technical Education Department to requisition the remaining 5 posts left out in the current advertisement and the 42 learnt to be under process for approval since September 2019 by the concerned authority to the NPSC. This would ensure that exam for the 110 posts of Assistant Professor is conducted in the current advertisement, it added.
It further urged for necessary steps to increase the upper age limit of the candidates.
