Kohima, October 14 (MExN): The Public Service Aspirants of Nagaland (PSAN) and the Nagaland NET Qualified Forum (NNQF) have sought the intervention of the Minister of Higher Education into what they termed the “illegal appointment” against 87 posts in the Department of Higher Education.
The PSAN and NNQF referred to an RTI dated October 8 in a press release from their joint media cell today, highlighting the response to the inquiry regarding appointment of Assistant Professors in various subjects.
“Out of the total 101 only 14 were appointed through the NPSC. The mode of appointment of 76 candidates showed without post, while 3 showed attachment against vacancy, 2 against study leave, 2 against non-sanctioned posts, 1 against resignation vacancy and 3 against promotion vacancy. Thus, with respect to and since the Office Memorandum dated 06-06-2016 which bans all irregular and illegal appointments, there were 87 illegal appointments,” stated the press release.
Further, “the information also exhibits that 52 appointees were without NET/SLET or PhD, both requirements for the post of Assistant Professor under the UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education 2018.”
Calling for the intervention of the Nagaland State Minister of Higher Education, the PSAN and NNQF stated that all “illegal appointments” since June 6, 2016, be “terminated immediately and vacancies be filled through open advertisement.”
An open letter to the Minister of Higher and Technical Education, Temjen Imna Along, dated September 11 has “gone unheeded with the submission of applications for the Advertisement No. NPSC-2/2018 ending on September 21,” stated the PSAN and NNQF urging the Minister to “requisition the 68 newly created posts (to be recruited within the year 2018-19) vide notification No. HE/ESTT/2-6/207 and Office Memorandum No. CAB 2/2013, SSL. No 5, dated July 4, 2018, to the NPSC for advertisement at the earliest.” In the event of failure to take immediate measures, the NNQF and PSAN vowed to take up further necessary action.
