Nagaland withdraw ‘backdoor appointees’: JCC

Buoyed by swelling support from various state services associations, Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on IAS induction (CANSSEA, FONSESA, NIDA, NSSA & NF&ASA) Saturday dug its heels and reaffirmed its demand for withdrawal of “backdoor appointees” from the select list.
JCC through its media cell asserted that various state service associations, supporting meritocracy, have extended their full support to its demand by holding their respective associations executive meetings in the past few days.
JCC mentioned that Nagaland Secretariat Service Association (NSSA), at its executive meeting on October 9, 2025 reaffirmed total support and cooperation with JCC in the collective effort to safeguard meritocracy and fairness in the induction process to the prestigious IAS cadre.
Further, it said the Federation of Nagaland State Engineering Services Associations (FONSESA), comprising eight affiliated Engineering Associations, at the executive meeting on October 22, 2025, also reiterated its firm commitment to support the JCC demand till the state government fulfilled the two-point charter of demands.
Likewise, it said the Nagaland Finance and Accounts Service Association (NF&ASA), at its executive meeting on October 24, 2025, pledged unwavering and active support to the cause led by the JCC.
The Confederation of all Nagaland State Service Employees’ Association (CANSSEA), along with around 50 plus affiliated associations, at an emergency executive meeting on October 24, 2025 deliberated on the ongoing issue concerning the induction of IAS officers under the non-state civil service (non-SCS) quota.
JCC said after thorough discussions, the house unanimously resolved to continue extending full physical and logistical support to the JCC in its steadfast stand to uphold meritocracy in the selection of candidates (serving state officers) for empanelment and that only those recruited through the public service commission should be selected.
Similarly, the Nagaland In-Service Doctors’ Association (NIDA), at the annual general meeting (AGM) on October 24, 2025, resolved to continue full commitment and integrity with JCC in defending the principles of merit-based selection and transparency.
JCC reminded that public offices and administrative structures were meant to serve the people and not to be turned into “private fiefdoms for a few privileged hands”.
It also reminded that when “governance becomes synonymous with nepotism and favouritism”, the trust of the public erodes, and the efficiency of the State collapses. “This is not merely a matter of administrative irregularity—it is a moral and constitutional issue,” added JCC.
Maintaining that public deserved answers, JCC asked how far have those connections influenced the functioning of the government? It also asked whether decisions were being taken in the best interest of the State, or to satisfy private ambitions?
“Have regulatory and selection processes-especially those concerning appointments to high offices-been compromised under this invisible network?” questioned JCC. The committee hit out saying that a government that claimed to uphold transparency and good governance cannot remain silent when such serious allegations were circulating.
It demanded an independent inquiry monitored by credible and neutral institutions.
JCC also urged every concerned Naga to demand clarity, not out of political rivalry, but in defence of public integrity and accountability.
Further JCC dared that if the administration was confident of its fairness, it should have no hesitation in opening its books for scrutiny.
JCC said silence, in this case, only deepened suspicion. It asserted that governance cannot be a family affair. “It is a public trust—and when that trust is betrayed, people have the right, and indeed the duty, to question and demand accountability,” said JCC.
Meanwhile, JCC said that all the associations stood united in their conviction, that only constitutionally valid and merit-based recruited candidates through the public service commission, should be selected in the empanelled list and that backdoor-regularised candidates have to be withdrawn.