Imphal: The All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) has announced today to endorse the 12-hour ‘total shutdown’ in the hill districts of Manipur called by the All Tribal Students’ Union, Manipur (ATSUM) on April 4, 2023. The ‘total shutdown’ will commence from 6 am and culminate at 6 pm of the day.
Therefore, the ANSAM has appealed to its constituent units and sub-ordinate bodies to strictly enforce the proposed agitation in their respective jurisdictions.
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The Naga student body said today that it was perturbed by “gross violation of the quantum of reservation for STs, SCs and OBCs in the recently declared result for appointment of LDC in RIMS vide No. B/3222/208-RIMS dated 03/03/2023 by RIMS authority”.
As per the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India, vide DoPT OM No. 36017/2/2004-Estt.(Res) dated 05/07/2005, the quantum of reservation, which is generally fixed in proportion to the population of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the respective UTs/States, in which 3% for SC, 34% for ST and 13% for OBC is fixed for the state of Manipur. The ANSAM also said that reservation for UR was fixed at 50%, while also ensuring that the total reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs should not exceed the limit of 50% in any case. “But much to our consternation and in complete defiance of the directive of DoPT for reservation of posts for Scheduled Tribes (ST), the RIMS authority deliberately violated the reservation quantum in the recently declared LDC recruitment result,” the Naga student body alleged, while adding, “This is highly condemnable as it amounts to depriving the constitutional rights of the tribal of Manipur”.
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“Observing the non-implementation of quantum of reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in case of direct recruitment to Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts in central institute is a violation of the rights of the tribal people, the All Naga Students’ Association Manipur, with regards to the recently declared LDC recruitment result, had called for immediate nullification of the result and rectify the result by complying with the Order No. M/1/2019-RIMS (49) dated 21st May 2022 where 34 percent has to be reserved for STs”, the ANSAM also said.
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According to the ANSAM, considering the “deliberate and exploitative act” of the RIMS authority against the tribal community as serious, the Naga student body, therefore, was constrained to ask the concerned authority for immediate nullification of the recently declared LDC exam result. “Having failed to nullify and rectify the result of LDC recruitment from the concerned authority, the All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) endorsed the 12-hour ‘total shutdown’ called by the ATSUM.
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