Dimapur, October 30 (MExN): Successive state governments of Nagaland are accused of violating the Employment Exchanges (compulsory notification of vacancies) Act 1959 and in the process encouraging ‘backdoor appointments.’ In a note today, a union of unemployed persons, the Educated Unemployed Union of Nagaland (EUUN), demanded implementation of the Act.
“The Employment Exchanges (compulsory notification of vacancies) Act 1959 was enacted by the parliament of India and enforced in Nagaland in 1975. But, unfortunately, each successive government has been intentionally violating the Act,” the union stated.
According to the Act all vacancies in the government and public establishments are to be referred to the Employment Exchanges for compulsory notification of vacancies in the form of advertisements. “But, government and various departments are dishonoring the powers and functions of the employment department paralyzing its normal service to the people,” the EUUN stated.
The union said there have been rampant illegal appointments in the matter of filling up of vacancies in the government sector over the years. “Backdoor appointments are still carried out. The state government has also recently advertised various vacancies of jobs and filled up the number of times in violation of the Act. Hence, the government is solely responsible for creating imbalances in public employment and negative impacts in the Naga society,” the union explained.
The EUUN has demanded from the government immediate implementation of the Act to prevent unfair means in public employment “failing which the EUUN will not hesitate to take its own course of action for which it shall not be held responsible.”
