Gauhati High Court, Kohima bench has suspended, till the next returnable date (to be listed after four weeks), the personnel &administrative reforms (P&AR) department’s July 16, 2021 notification allowing 76 departments to conduct departmental exams.
Rising People’s Party (RPP) said in response to its PIL seeking revocation of the notification and making Nagaland Staff Selection Board (NSSB) functional, Justices Songkhupchung Serto and S Hukato Swu suspended the notification and gave four weeks to the State government to file reply.
According to RPP, its learned counsel Neiteo Koza also submitted before the court that NSSB was already constituted by the State government and rules framed, which became effective from the day it was notified (July 31, 2020). Therefore, she said the motive in keeping NSSB non-functional for such a long period seemed intentional and questionable.
RPP demanded that all recruitments to Group-C posts must be conducted through NSSB for fairness and transparency and for which reason the board has been constituted, which was also a longstanding demand of the people.