Peren, February 12 (MExN): The Jalukie Pumling Nko (JPN) has raised objection to the appointment of staff in the College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry under the aegis of the Central Agricultural University (CAU), Imphal, from outside Nagaland State while forgoing local eligible candidates.
“It is very unfortunate to witness the rampant practice of appointment of the lower grade staff from outside the State and posted in the college for duty, when there are many eligible local candidates who could have been appointed to the same posts and the process of appointment too could have been done from the district or the State itself,” stated Kumui Nring, Chairperson, JPN Old Jalukie, and Rampaukai, its General Secretary, in a press statement today.
While expressing happiness in general for the establishement of the prestigious central institute in Jalukie, they informed, “there are still two Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) and other staff who were appointed from outside and despite the assurances of the Vice Chancellor CAU Imphal that they would be repatriated to their original college of appointment, they have not been repatriated till date.”
The JPN, which is the apex customary body of Old Jalukie village on whose land the college has been established, viewed this practice as “purely vested interest and devoid of any rationale and with intent to deprive the eligible local candidates of Nagaland State from availing the chance of appointment in the institution.”
In this light, the JPN urged the authorities concerned to “repatriate the two MTS and withdraw the appointment of the two drivers with immediate effect because the JPN and other local civil society will never allow the joining of the new staff who were appointed under such circumstances.”
In case of inaction from the authorities, the JPN warned that it would have to take “any necessary action deemed fit in the interest of the people of the area.”
No more extraction
The JPN also asserted that with effect from April 1, the JPN will not allow logging operations in any form, including bally posts, round logs, sawn timber and coal extraction, as “these practices are adversely affecting the environment and posing great threat to the natural resources and survival of mankind.”
The body urged persons involved in such activities to “co-operate with the call of the people and desist from carrying on any logging operations within the jurisdiction of Jalukie.”
It stated that the JPN will “monitor the situation with utmost sincerity and any persons found willingly defaulting would be dealt with as per the customary practices of the land.”
