The Combined Technical Association of Nagaland (CTAN) and the Nagaland NET Qualified Forum (NNQF) on Monday rejected the state government’s decision to form a review committee to examine the controversial regularisation of 147 assistant professors and librarians, calling the move “illogical” and “insensitive.”

Protestors remain at the protest sites demanding justice on April 21 evening.

The Nagaland Cabinet, which held an emergency meeting on Monday at the Chief Minister’s Residential Complex (CMRC) in Kohima, decided to place the regularisation process in abeyance and formed a five-member committee to review the appointments. The panel, headed by Agriculture Production Commissioner Wezope Kenye, has been tasked with submitting its report within two months, according to Higher Education and Tourism Minister Temjen Imna Along.

However, CTAN and NNQF — which have been spearheading protests against the appointments — dismissed the formation of the committee, asserting that it fails to address the core issue. “The members of CTAN and NNQF view the decision as unsatisfactory and insensitive given the ongoing protest. The members outrightly reject the decision,” the organisations said in a joint statement, adding that their agitation will continue until the government revokes the December 2024 order. This was further drafted to the Chief Minister.

The protestors are demanding the immediate withdrawal of Order No. HTE/HE/13-3/2020 (Pt.-) 104, issued on December 17, 2024. The order facilitated the absorption of 147 faculty members into government service without adherence to selection through NPSC.

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