KOHIMA, AUGUST 18 (MExN): Nagaland Chief Secretary, Sentiyanger Imchen has appealed to the 5 Tribes Committee on Review of Reservation Policy (CoRRP) to reconsider their position on the composition of the Job Reservation Commission constituted by the state government.
The CoRRP rejected the Nagaland government’s decision to include members of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the Commission on grounds that inclusion of CSO members might compromise the neutrality of the review process.
The Job Reservation Commission was constituted, on August 6, with the government recommending inclusion of representatives from the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO), Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) and Tenyimia Union Nagaland (TUN) as members.
The Chief Secretary, in a statement released through the DIPR, on August 18, outlined the basis for the inclusion of CSO representatives, while clarifying that the “CSOs are to nominate a credible and qualified person from the communities they represent and not office bearers of the CSO.”
It added that the Commission was constituted to examine and submit a report on Reservation Policy in Government Employment where the ENPO, CNTC and TUN were each requested to nominate a credible and qualified person from the communities they represent, to be a member in the Commission.
It maintained that the decision was arrived at to ensure that the opinion of the respective communities, “Who are the most important stakeholders is suitably taken into account in the assessment and future applicability of the Reservation Policy in the State.”
“The nomination of the stakeholders was sought as it is felt that such a vital issue should not be decided by the Government alone,” it added.
The Chief Secretary requested the CoRRP to “reconsider their position on the composition of the Job Reservation Commission to ensure that the Commission can submit a comprehensive and inclusive report.”
