Nagaland: Home department seeks application for Governor’s Awards

Dimapur, June 17 (EMN): Home department has invited applications of deserving cases for the award of Governor’s Gold Medal and Governor’s Commendation Certificates on the occasion of Independence Day on August 15, 2022.

A Home department’s notification stated that citations/ recommendations of deserving cases may be forwarded to the special secretary (Home), Kohima, latest by July 15.

It informed that details of candidates recommended should be submitted to the head of department for non-gazetted staff while forwarding the citations/ recommendations. It added that citations/ recommendations for gazetted officers working under various departments/ directorates should be submitted through the dead of department to administrative head of department to special secretary (Home).

In the case of Police, Home Guards, Prison, and Fire Services, the recommendations should come through their respective director generals/ head of the department to special secretary (Home).

It has asked to forward six copies of the citations/ recommendations duly signed by head of department in respect of non-gazetted staff and the head of department and administrative head of department in respect of gazetted officer along with soft copy. It stated that citations/ recommendations should be precise highlighting the performance and achievements of the individual recommendations. It added that integrity certificate should be signed by forwarding authority.

For NGO/ individuals and employees working under the establishment of the deputy commissioners, it stated that recommendations for deserving candidates should be submitted through the deputy commissioner of the district concerned to commissioner of Nagaland to special secretary (Home). It informed that no citations/ recommendations would be accepted from the deputy commissioner directly.

It further informed that citations/ recommendations received after July 15 and any deviation from the above guidelines would be summarily rejected.