Shillong, Nov 1: Non-teaching staff of NEHU have announced an indefinite strike from November 4 in protest against delay in promotion and recruitment for posts advertised a year ago.
The authorities have not responded to several applications to expedite the process of recruitment, according to the North Eastern Hill University Non-Teaching Staff Association (NEHUNSA).
The National Testing Agency (NTA), which was supposed to conduct the recruitment, communicated to NEHU on 16 July 2024 about its inability to do it, said NEHUSA president Dr WR Synrem on Friday.
Accordingly, NEHU called for Expression of Interest (EoI) for the purpose with 30 September as last date of submission of EoI. However, even after a month, not a single agency has been allotted responsibility to conduct the recruitment, lamented NEHUSA.
The association took the decision to launch an indefinite “pen-down and tool-down” strike after NEHU did not respond to a “deadline” set by NEHUNSA to announce the syllabus and date of written exam by October end.
Expressing concern over “paucity of regular staff”, the NEHUSA also blamed the “inefficiency” of the administrative head for delay in the process of promotion of the deserving staff who had served the university for over 10 years.
