Dimapur, August 16 (MExN): The Government today appealed to the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) to “drop their opposition to the special recruitment” concerning the recent 10 appointments to the post of Extra Assistant Commissioner for “backward” tribes. The government said it would “seriously consider” excluding the “creamy layer” from the reservation and also the automatic conversion of the reserved vacancy into general vacancy if a “backward” tribe candidate qualifies on merit.
The government’s statement, appended by Chief Secretary of Nagaland Lalthara, elaborated at length the reasons and systems, “background and circumstances” that define the said recruitment. According to the government, the circumstances leading to the decision of the state government to conduct the special recruitment was “great shortage of NCS officers at the entry level of EAC.
Another reason the government said, is the “less representation” of the “backward tribes” in government service “as a whole.” “The government will seriously consider the issue of excluding the creamy layer from reservation as well as the suggestion for automatic conversion of a reserved vacancy into a general vacancy in the event of a candidate from a backward tribe, for whom specific reservation has been made as per the roster, qualifying on merit in the recruitment,” the government said.
Over the inclusion of the Rengma tribes in the “special recruitment”, the government said to have “found that for a period of 15 years” no candidate from the tribe was selected by the NPSC for NCS and NPS. “It was found that the representation of Rengma tribe in NCS is particularly low even now as only 4 NCS officers are now in service which is 1.4% of the NCS whereas their population is about 2.4% of Nagaland population. So the Rengma tribe is included in this special recruitment as a one-time compensatory measure only,” the statement said.
The government also said to have decided to go for the “special recruitment” to supplement the normal recruitment process as the absence of administrative officers in many remote outposts continues to challenge effective governance and the public continues to make demands to the government on this issue. “In fact the state government had earlier been toying with the idea of induction/lateral entry into the NCS at EAC level to tide over this sudden shortage; but due to absence of feeder service to the NSC and also due to lack of any enabling rules and regulations for such induction, the state government finally opted for this special recruitment to tide over the problem,” the chief secretary’s statement said.
“In view of the above, I am directed to request that the NSF may kindly reexamine their stand on the issue and drop their opposition to the special recruitment especially in view of the fact that the advertisement for the 10 posts had already been issued by the NPSC and to stop the process at this stage will cause lots of inconvenience to the state government and the intending candidate,” the government said.
The government’s statement, appended by Chief Secretary of Nagaland Lalthara, elaborated at length the reasons and systems, “background and circumstances” that define the said recruitment. According to the government, the circumstances leading to the decision of the state government to conduct the special recruitment was “great shortage of NCS officers at the entry level of EAC.
Another reason the government said, is the “less representation” of the “backward tribes” in government service “as a whole.” “The government will seriously consider the issue of excluding the creamy layer from reservation as well as the suggestion for automatic conversion of a reserved vacancy into a general vacancy in the event of a candidate from a backward tribe, for whom specific reservation has been made as per the roster, qualifying on merit in the recruitment,” the government said.
Over the inclusion of the Rengma tribes in the “special recruitment”, the government said to have “found that for a period of 15 years” no candidate from the tribe was selected by the NPSC for NCS and NPS. “It was found that the representation of Rengma tribe in NCS is particularly low even now as only 4 NCS officers are now in service which is 1.4% of the NCS whereas their population is about 2.4% of Nagaland population. So the Rengma tribe is included in this special recruitment as a one-time compensatory measure only,” the statement said.
The government also said to have decided to go for the “special recruitment” to supplement the normal recruitment process as the absence of administrative officers in many remote outposts continues to challenge effective governance and the public continues to make demands to the government on this issue. “In fact the state government had earlier been toying with the idea of induction/lateral entry into the NCS at EAC level to tide over this sudden shortage; but due to absence of feeder service to the NSC and also due to lack of any enabling rules and regulations for such induction, the state government finally opted for this special recruitment to tide over the problem,” the chief secretary’s statement said.
“In view of the above, I am directed to request that the NSF may kindly reexamine their stand on the issue and drop their opposition to the special recruitment especially in view of the fact that the advertisement for the 10 posts had already been issued by the NPSC and to stop the process at this stage will cause lots of inconvenience to the state government and the intending candidate,” the government said.
