Officers and staff of six District Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs)—Longleng, Phek, Mokokchung, Tuensang, Kiphire and Dimapur—have affirmed to continue to ongoing strike against non-payment of salary.
In a joint press release, officers and staff of six DRDAs cautioned that state government’s failure to release pending salary by January 15, 2022 would force the employees to take legal action.
The signatories informed that the resolution was adopted at a meeting, which was held after the commissioner and secretary, rural development and director RD appealed to DRDAs to call off the ongoing agitation.
At the meeting, they said the aggrieved employees expressed dismay that the responsible authority did not assure any deadline to clear the pending salary.
Further, the six DRDAs lamented that despite continuous appeals and protests, there has been no favourable outcome till date.
The aggrieved employees have, therefore, resolved that once it becomes a legal matter, the authority would be held liable for attorney’s fee and court cost related to the law suit.
They also said that the authority would also be held liable to pay all the accrued interest as required legally.
It was also resolved that no employees would “take the situation to get upper hand for personal gain that might obstruct from achieving the intended purpose.”