Civil engineers, CTAN serve ultimatum to Nagaland government over recruitment issue

Dimapur, Sep. 12 (EMN): The Civil Engineers’ Association of Nagaland (CEAN) and Combined Technical Association of Nagaland (CTAN) have jointly issued an ultimatum to the Commissioner and Secretary, Work and Housing department to terminate all appointments that have been made without ‘open advertisement’.

The associations stated that several representations had been submitted to the department appealing “to terminate all 43 appointments plus six appointments which were made without open advertisement (backdoor appointment),” and the department had also assured to resolve the issue within three months time during a meeting held on December 17, 2019.

It stated that CEAN and CTAN agreed in principle to temporarily call off the sit-in after the assurance from the department.

“However, despite several reminders and appeals made by CEAN and CTAN, the agreement/decision has not been implemented till date by the department,” read its ultimatum.

Therefore, after a consultative meeting, the associations resolved to issue an ultimatum to the department to unconditionally terminate all the appointments which were made without open advertisement within a period of 10 days from the official date of communication.

The associations further stated that it would be compelled to take necessary action if the department fails to resolve the issue within the stipulated time.