Morung Express News
Kohima | August 11
The aggrieved Unemployed Regular Veterinary Field Assistant Trainees Nagaland (URVFATN) will begin its first phase agitation on August 23, if the Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Service, Nagaland fails to comply to their demand for appointment through merit list and review of the meeting minutes held on July 11 regarding the reservation ratio of VFA vacancies for regularized and VFA private candidates.
Holding a press conference at the NSF office on August 11, the URVFATN mentioned that appointments to the post of Veterinary Field Assistant (VFA) are appointed serially from amongst the qualified regular unemployed VFA Trainees as per the merit list of the result of the VFA Training, which is conducted after notification issued by the Department.
However, on May 31, 2017, the department regularized ten private candidates on May 31, 2017 instead of appointing the VFA trainees ‘as per the seniority based on merit’, following which representations and ultimatum were served to the Director of the Department with the latest ultimatum being served on August 10. However, the lack of response from the concerned authority has compelled the trainees to stage an indefinite agitation, starting August 23.
“When the regular VFA trainees of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th batches have been waiting patiently for the last 6-7 years to get their appointment as per the seniority based on merit, to our disappointment the department regularized ten private candidates vide letter no. AHV/VFA/2003/II (PT) date 31.05.2017 to serve the interest of the authority concerned which is in contravention of the established norms of VFA and the Government instruction (No. AHV/VFA/2003/II dated 16.11.2010),” said the members present at the press conference.
They added that despite the representations, the Department failed to act and further brought up a special reservation of ratio of 50:50 vacancies of the regularized private VFA trainees and 80:20 percent reservation for open recruitment through a minute of meeting on July 11, 2017. The trainees in their representation and ultimatum have requested the department to revoke the meeting minutes whereby on July 11, through a representation the group had requested for review of the meeting decisions.
“As established norm, the appointment to vacant post of VFA is made serially in turn from amongst the qualified regular VFA trainees as per merit list of the result of the VFA training. It may also be mentioned that the VFA training is conducted after selection by interview through open competition. Besides there is no mention in the prospectus of the VFA training that the private candidates will be given VFA training. The VFA trainees’ batches have been waiting for almost 7 years for their appointment as per merit list,” the trainees stated.
The URVFATN has appealed for the revocation of the meeting minutes held on July 11 and cancellation of the ten regularized VFA private trainees or issuance of order for counting of their seniority from the date of their regularization.
