CS urges senior officers to familiarize with service rules

State chief secretary, Dr. J Alam, has urged the senior government officers to familiarize with the rules of executive business rules, service rules, accounting matters, legal aspects, assembly matters etc so they could guide the subordinate in such matters.
According to a DIPR report, the chief secretary made this appeal while speaking at the capacity building training for Administrative Heads of Departments (AHoDs) and senior officers at secretariat conference hall, Nagaland Civil Secretariat, Kohima on May 31, 2025 organised by the Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department (Administrative Reforms Branch).
Alam asserted that when the senior most officers were not thorough or familiarised with office rules or procedures there was a possibility that they might end up taking wrong decisions.
“In Nagaland, we do not actually use service conduct and discipline rules very frequently, so our familiarity with this is quite limited, although P& AR department is there to guide us in these matters,” Alam said.
The chief secretary, therefore, urged the senior officers to have the basic understanding of the matter and also guide the departments when need arises.
He underlined the importance of good governance and the role of senior officers in decision making.
Emphasising the importance of Nagaland Rules of Executive Business, Alam urged the officers to thoroughly go through it, adding that the Rules of executive business was actually the basic document of governance.
He also lamented that many officers just pick and read parts of the Nagaland rules executive business which make them miss out many important points.
Further, stressing on the importance of IT tools in governance, Alam said that using various tools like Google calendar and ChatGPT App etc could enhance personal productivity as officers.
He said various topics have been carefully chosen keeping in mind the upcoming AHoDs who would be dealing with similar issues in their daily assignments as senior officer.
Alam urged the officers attending the training to do some prior study of subject matter so there would be clarity and they could also clarify doubts if any during the training.
Encouraged by the attendance, the chief secretary expressed hope that the training programme would bring about a perceptible change and overall improvement in the functioning of the governance system.
The training, which is mandatory for IAS, Ex Cadre and NCS officers, would be conducted phase wise and topics would vary from capacity building on Human Resource and other various subject matters related to state government.
The first round would be on working Saturdays from May 31 to July 5, 2025 while the second round of training would be from July 19 to August 30, 2025.
Resource persons for the training include Home Commissioner Vyasan R; senior research officer, P&AR Vechovo Tetseo; under secretary P&AR Lithrila Sangtam; senior programme officer IT&C Er. Akumla Aier; OSD finance Ketoulhou Metha; additional director, treasuries & accounts Amenla Jamir; additional director, treasuries & accounts Vechiso Rhakho; assistant development, commissioner, planning & transformation Imlikokba; additional advocate general TB Jamir; assistant legal remembrancer, law & justice, Celine Asinuo Kulnu; NPWD engineer in chief Er. PImna, and NPWD executive engineer Er Akule Pusa.
Topics for the training would be on Rules of Executive Business, Service matters, Service & Conduct Rules, Discipline &Appeal Rules, IT tools in Governance, Budget & Finance matters, Treasury, Accounts & Audit matters, Planning matters and Legal Aspects of Governance.
The government is also planning to continue the training on other subject matters by engaging resource persons from outside the state.