Taking serious note of the state cabinet’s proposal to purportedly regularise hundreds of backdoor appointees, during its meeting held at CM’s office on Saturday, ACAUT has warned the stated government that it will be charged of contempt of court if it chose to ignore the Gauhati High Court, Kohima bench stay order dated July 28, 2017.
ACAUT media cell pointed out that the matter was amongst the various agendas tabled before the cabinet meeting held on November 11.
Though the outcome of the meeting was yet to be known, ACAUT reminded that the court had already stayed the contentious OMs dated 4.8.2008 and 11.8.2016 allowing the government to regularise all backdoor appointments after three years of service.
ACAUT therefore demanded that the Cabinet issue an immediate clarification with regard to the status of sl. nos. 10, 16, 22, 23, 26, 27 and 39 of the Cabinet memo pertaining to regularisation of backdoor appointments.
“In case the Cabinet has already regularised the appointees, such will be nothing short of killing the future of thousands of Naga youths for which the chief minister and his cabinet colleagues will have to bear eventual consequences,” ACAUT stated.
It may be recalled that the writ petition was filed by the ACAUT and PSAN challenging backdoor appointments made after June 6, 2016.