All Nagaland Adhoc Teachers Group (ANATG)-2015 on Friday night decided to call of the ongoing agitation with immediate effect after their meeting with senior state government officials, held at the conference hall of IT&C department.
The meeting which went on for over five hours was attended by principal secretary to chief minister KD Vizo, commissioner and secretary School Education & SCERT Kevileno Angami, ANATG-2015 Batch central and core committee members, in the presence of All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association (ANSTA) members.
A five-point resolution was adopted at the meeting, which included setting up of High Powered Committee (HPC) within 15 days. The HPC will be headed by principal secretary or commissioner secretary, which will submit its recommendation by June 2023, and thereafter take up the issue to resolve the matter of ANATG-2015 batch within December 2023. It was also resolved that the issue of service extension will continue till the matter is resolved. However, this dispensation will not apply to proxy and untrained teachers.
The meeting also agreed on granting of 7th Revision of Pay based on the recommendation of HPC. Further, ANATG-2015 batch and ANSTA members will be given the opportunity to present their case before the HPC. It was also decided that the HPC will hold review meeting every two months.
The resolution was jointly signed by principal secretary KD Vizo, commissioner & secretary Kevileno Angami, joint mission director Samagra Shiksha Dr Kevizakie Rio, ANATG-2015 president Ruguotsolie, ANSTA president Kasheto Sumi and ANSTA advisory committee chairman Visato Koso.
PTI adds: ANATG-2015 Batch spokesperson Bendangtemsu Ozukum interacting with media persons said that after the meeting with government officials, ANATG leaders came back to their members and disclosed the outcome of the meeting, which was unanimously accepted by them.
Accordingly, ANATG-2015 Batch had agreed to call off the agitation with immediate effect, he said.
It may be mentioned that the ANATG had earlier rejected the state government’s offer to set up a High Powered Committee (HPC) and reaffirmed their demand for immediate regularisation of their service.
They had also submitted a representation to chief minister seeking his intervention to resolve the matter.
The meeting held on Tuesday, with the four-member government team led by advisor for School Education K T Sukhalu, also remained deadlock with both sides not budging from their stand.
The government has been maintaining that it was not in a position to regularise services of the adhoc teachers because of the standing order of the Supreme Court and High Court not to regularise adhoc appointees.