Nagaland RMSA 2016 graduate teachers to begin indefinite agitation from August 26

DIMAPUR — The Nagaland RMSA Teachers Association (NRMSTA-2016) has informed that it’s ‘phase-wise indefinite agitation’ will start on August 26, following the state government’s alleged failure to implement court orders regarding their service benefits and salary entitlements.

In a press release, the association stated that the first phase of the protest will take the form of a pen-down strike, which is expected to affect 133 government high schools across Nagaland.

According to the NRMSTA, despite repeated appeals and the issuance of a final ultimatum on August 13, the state government has not acted on issues that were already settled by the judiciary. These include the Gauhati High Court Division Bench order of March 16, 2022, and its upholding by the Supreme Court on May 20, 2025.

The teachers have demanded recognition of salary and service benefits from their original appointment in 2016, implementation of the ROP 2017 pay scale with annual increments at par with their counterparts under SSA–RMSA 2010–13, and enforcement of the Office Memorandum dated March 29, 2017.

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The association maintained that the government’s delay in implementing binding court orders amounted to contempt of court and disregard for the service of teachers who have been working for nearly a decade.

“This course of action is not intended to disrupt education but to compel the Government to fulfill its legal and moral obligations to its teachers,” the NRMSTA stated, while appealing to the public, civil society organisations and student bodies for solidarity in their agitation.

The association further urged the government to immediately implement the court verdicts in full, release pending salaries and arrears, and bring an end to what it termed “prolonged injustice.”