𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝘁: 𝗝𝗖𝗖’𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗻-𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗔𝗦 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝘄

Government offices across Nagaland remained paralysed for the second consecutive day as members of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) continued their pen-down strike demanding the cancellation of the proposed induction of a non-Nagaland Civil Service (NCS) officer into the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre.

The JCC, representing five major associations of state government employees—the Confederation of All Nagaland State Services Employees Association (CANSSEA), Nagaland In-Service Doctors Association (NIDA), Nagaland Secretariat Service Association (NSSA), Nagaland Finance and Accounts Service Association (NF&ASA), and Federation of Nagaland State Engineering Service Association (FONSESA)—had launched the third phase of their agitation on Tuesday.

The agitation aims to press the state government to withdraw its move to include a non-NCS officer in the IAS induction list and to ensure that future selections are based strictly on merit.

A JCC spokesperson told PTI that the second day of the strike passed off peacefully with full cooperation from government employees across directorates, districts, and sub-divisional offices.

During the day, Chief Secretary Sentiyanger Imchen held a meeting with officials and representatives of the JCC and the five associations at his office in the Nagaland Civil Secretariat. Although the meeting did not yield any conclusive decision, JCC representatives reiterated their two primary demands: the immediate withdrawal of the non-state cadre officer’s name from the panel list sent to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for IAS induction, and the reinstatement of the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) clause in future induction processes to safeguard merit-based selection.