Nagaland Assembly Secretariat Staff Association two-day ‘pen down strike’ on June 3 & 4

Nagaland Assembly Secretariat Staff Association (NASSA) Thursday announced that as part of its first phase agitation, the members would be holding two-day “pen down strike” from June 3-4, 2022.
In a press release, NASSA general secretary Talirenla said the proposed strike was to register protest against the state government appointing Dr. PJ Antony (retired officer) as principal secretary, under the establishment of the NLA secretariat.
On Wednesday, the NASSA alleged that Dr. PJ Antony had “unilaterally” amended the existing Service Rules to suit his interest of service extension by inserting a provision where a superannuated officer can be appointed on deputation in the Assembly Secretariat till the age of 65 years.
NASSA said the whole exercise of amending the service rules was arbitrarily done without observing any procedural norms and guidelines and without consulting any senior administrative officers or the Service Rules Amendment Committee, constituted with a mandate to make recommendation for revision/amendment of the existing service rules. Though the Cabinet had approved creation of the post of principal secretary, NASSA said it strongly objected to the proposal of Antony being made the principal secretary.