Dimapur, May 14 (MExN): The Power Department Junior Engineers’ Service Association (PDJESA) has informed that it would be resorting to democratic forms of protest from May 19 to express resentment against the lack of career progression.
Starting May 19, members of the Association will be wearing black badges for three days, followed by casual leave for three days, PDJESA President Er L Hekuto and General Secretary Er Razouvoyi Francis Rhakho informed in a press release on Saturday.
In the release, the Association explained that it had submitted a representation to the Government on August 19, 2019 with regard to career progression of Junior Engineers. “The Government has formulated the Nagaland Engineering Service in such a way that the Group-B cadre of engineers are deprived of timely promotion to the post of SDO and never get the opportunity for further promotion (i.e. EE and above) as JEs get promotion only on the verge of retirement,” as a result of which many members have retired without a single promotion and more members are in line the release stated.
In order to address the stagnation problem of Junior Engineers, the PDJESA has written repeated reminders to address our grievances, but the Government has failed to take any positive steps till date, it maintained.
Informing that the protest has been called to express resentment against the government’s inaction, the Association regretted the inconvenience that may be caused to the public during the process of agitation.
