Sit in staged against service extension delayed
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 23 2013 :
Denouncing the delayed in extending the service of 127 contractual lecturers and 12 contractual Laboratory Attendants of 22 Higher Secondary Schools of the valley districts, a sit-in-protest was staged in front of Johnstone Higher Secondary School here today by members of All Manipur Higher Secondary Contract Lecturers Association (valley) .
According to a statement of the association, the service of the said lecturers and Laboratory Attendants expired on February 2, 2013 but they are continuing their service till date and the necessary proposal for extension/re-engagement was submitted on time but the Pay Implementation Cell of Finance Department (FD/PIC) send back the proposal in September with an office memo to the department stating that no piecemeal proposals of that nature would be entertained.
The statement further stated that such decision of the Finance Dept in the midst of academic session is worth reconsideration as more than half of the contract lecturers of hills and valley have got extended and subsequently they have got their due salary as well.