DIMAPUR, JUNE 12 (MExN): The Mangkolemba Ao Lanur Telongjem (MALT) today informed that it has found many government officers absent from duty in Mangkolemba Town, under Mokokchung District.
A press note from the MALT said that it had visited some of the governmental offices in Mangkolemba town on 10 June and to “great dismay found many officers as well as the staff absent from duty.”
It may be noted that on previous occasions the MALT had given numerous warnings and also made known of its displeasure in written to various Additional Deputy Commissioners.
Among the departmental offices where the concerned HODs were found absent included the PHED, CDPO, Irrigation & Flood Control, Agriculture, Block Development Office (RD).
“Furthermore, in these offices not only the officers but also the employees were found absenting from duty,” it said. The MALT also found out that there were two proxy staff members on duty in one of the office.
It expressed disappointment at the “callous and lackadaisical attitude of the erring officers and their staff for their irresponsible and insincere approach toward their profession and duty.” “All government employees are appointed to serve the common people and turning a blind eye towards their entrusted responsibilities is a great bane in Naga society today,” it stated.
The MALT questioned the Nagaland Chief Minister and his legislative colleagues, the Chief Secretary and the concerned Commissioners and Secretaries, the Principal Directors and the Directors and the Engineer-in-Chief’s as to how the governmental machineries are running in the state.
“It is high time for Nagaland Government to streamline every working system by taking strict and severe actions against any state government employees who are irregular on duty and fails to obey the rules and regulations laid down by the government,” it stated.
The state government must also take cognizance of the empty governmental offices and terminate the appointment of every irregular or insincere staff as there are many zealous, upright and determined educated Naga youths to fill their place, the MALT said.
“Time is running out for our state and its people to mend our unscrupulous mindset and ways of serving the land and its people. A small state like ours can be run much better than this.”
The MALT called upon the concerned Heads of Departments not to condone the erring officers and their staff and award befitting punishments at the earliest. Failing to do so, it cautioned that the MALT “will take up extreme measures to realize its objective.”
