Mokokchung, April 25 (MTNews): The Health & Family Welfare Department has issued an order inviting attention to Nagaland Government Servant (Conduct) Rules, 1958 which prohibits the government servants from broadcasting or publishing or any communication to the press, or public utterance of any statement of fact or opinion that is not connected with the discharge of official duty, without prior government sanction.
Doctors in government service have been warned to take note of the order and refrain from engaging in any activity or communication, which will be a violation of the Nagaland Government Servant (Conduct) Rules, 1968. Any violation of the same shall attract disciplinary proceedings against government servants under the conduct rules, it said.
The gag order comes just days after the Nagaland government announced its decision to raise the superannuation age of all medical doctors from 60 to 62 years of age through re-employment following a 3-day mass casual leave stir by the Nagaland In-Service Doctors’ Association (NIDA).