The Nagaland government constituted a five-member high-powered committee to devise a mechanism to resolve the issue of service regularisation of the All Nagaland Ad hoc Teachers Group 2015 batch (ANATG).
A notification issued by Chief Secretary J Alam on Tuesday stated that the committee will meet every two months and submit its report to the government by 30 June next year.
A total of 1,166 ad-hoc teachers of state-run schools were protesting outside the State Civil Secretariat since 26 September, demanding immediate regularisation of services. Some of the protesters even went on an indefinite hunger strike.
ANATG-2015 batch protesting in Kohima on 26 September. File photo.
ANATG-2015 batch teachers protesting outside the Nagaland Civil Secretariat in Kohima on 27 September. File photo.
The protest continued in rainy conditions on 28 September. File photo.
The protest was called off after the state government and the ANATG resolved to set-up the High Powered Committee (HPC) headed by the Principal Secretary or Commissioner Secretary within 15 days, submit its recommendation by June 2023 and thereafter take up the issue to resolve the matter of ANATG-2015 Batch within December 2023.
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The same batch of teachers had protested for almost a month demanding for regularisation of their service in the year 2018. However, the agitation was put on suspension following the appeasement policy of the state government by providing the 6th ROP to the Adhoc teachers.
ANATG-15 batch teachers on hunger strike on 3 October.
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The aggrieved teachers claimed that their services were eligible for regularisation because they had already appeared and cleared the departmental suitability test, completed the verification of documents and the interview held on 20 and 22 May 2017.
The notification issued by Chief Secretary stated that the representatives of the All Nagaland Adhoc Teachers Group and All Nagaland Teachers Association would be given the opportunity of presenting their issues before the committee.
The protesting teachers acknowledged the decision of the government to constitute the committee within 15 days.
With additional inputs from PTI.
