New fiasco at RIMS :: Director office clarifies on the delay for recruitment of MTS
Non-teaching staffs bounce back terming it as "misleading"
Source: IT News

Imphal, May 30 2019: The ongoing fiasco at Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) is likely to turn ugly as there seems lapse in the understanding between the demand by the Non Teaching Staffs and the Director's office.

In a press conference held at the office of the Director RIMS today afternoon, Deputy Director RIMS, Kaikam Dougel terms the demand of the non-teaching staffs as "not reasonable" as there are certain procedural guidelines which need to be followed to the recruitment.

"Due to the enforcement of the election model code of conduct and a recent interim court order for holding of the recruitment of the 130 multi tasking force at RIMS, the recruitment is being delayed", Dy Director RIMS Kaikham Dougel clarified.

Director of RIMS Prof Shanta, Medical Superintendent, Ch Arun and some other administration staffs were present in the press conference.

RIMS gate

The press clarification was made amidst a sit-in-protest staged by the Non-Teaching Employees Welfare Association in front of the RIMS Administrative Block.

The Deputy Director of RIMS as well as the Director RIMS stand firm that the recruitment of the Multi tasking Staffs of RIMS will be conducted as per rule and guideline which stated that open entrance examination is a much as per the rules.

The clarification only in-circles to the issue of the recruitment of the Multi Tasking force only which is only a part of the demand by Non-Teaching Employees Welfare Association.

"The Director's office is misleading the demand of the Non-Teaching Employees Welfare Association", said Thiyam Babu, Secretary of the association while talking to reporters soon after the press clarifications from the Directors' office.

"Issues that we put up are many and the recruitment of the Multi Tasking Staffs is only a part of the demand which we felt that the Director's office is trying to mislead the agitation of the non-teaching staffs by mentioning only about the recruitment" he added.

As many any 100 of non-teaching staffs staged the sit-in-protest in front of the Director's office by holding placards that read "Go back Dr A Shanta", the Director RIMS.

The charter of demands that the Non-Teaching Employees Welfare Association of RIMS had put up are - filling of the vacant post such as stenographer-III, LDC , Lab Assistance MSW; to include the cadre review of the non -teaching staffs as the main agenda in the Executive Council meeting; die-in harness appointment to the kin of the non-teaching staff; to materialize the enhancement of the remuneration of the contract non-teaching staffs in par with that of RIPAN; uniformed allowance for Grade -IV staffs of the institute ; implementation of the Children Education Allowance according to the 7th Pay Commission and DPC for promotion of the non-teaching cadre in time.

This charter of demands was submitted to the Director on December 5, 2016 and it was verbally agreed to fulfill by the Director Prof A Shanta himself, Thiyam Babu said.

Another Charter of demand submitted on Dec 26, 2018 for release of staff salary on or before 5 of every month; to fix the schedule for interview of the Multitasking staffs within last week of January 2019 and that too without conducting written test as done in the case of appointment of the 4 PWDs , among others remain unheard, he added.

The non teaching staffs said that they will not roll back their demand and will intensify if the Director fails to listen to their demand.

On the other hand, Director RIMS, Prof A Shanta said that written test is mandatory for the recruitment of any posts and that there will be no room for back door appointment.

Another obstacle in starting the recruitment process is the High Court intervention which gave an interim direction to hold the process of the recruitment of the Multitasking Staff.

The writ petition was filed in the High court by 71 persons who had submitted the applications but due to the delay whose age has been over.

The advertisement for the filling of the 134 Multi Tasking Staffs was published on Jan 16, 2016 and the last date of submission of the form was Feb.

8, 2016 .

And till today, that is after a gap of 3 years the recruitment is still pending.