Nagaland RMSA-2016 teachers flay ‘no work, no pay’ notice

DIMAPUR — The Nagaland RMSA Teachers’ Association 2016 (NRMSATA-2016) has expressed opposition to the ‘no work, no pay’ notice reportedly issued by the Nagaland Education Mission Society (NEMS).

In a rejoinder issued on Sunday, the teachers described said notice as harsh and vindictive.

The teachers contended that they have been serving for over nine years as duly app

ointed graduate teachers under RMSA but continue to be denied parity in pay with their counterparts under SSA 2010, SSA 2013, and RMSA 2013.

Despite favourable rulings from the High Court and the Supreme Court, they alleged, the government has failed to implement the mandated pay scale.

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The association described the state’s decision to file a review petition after its Special Leave Petition was dismissed as a “delaying tactic,” adding that review pleas rarely overturn apex court verdicts.

The teachers further recalled enduring prolonged salary delays, sometimes up to six months, without resorting to protest, while continuing to discharge their duties in the interest of students. They accused the authorities of adopting a “double standard” by now threatening to withhold their wages.

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The association also criticised recent transfer and repatriation orders affecting teachers deployed as Trainers of Teachers (ToTs), claiming the timing of such directives appeared punitive against those taking part in the ongoing protest.

Calling the notice arbitrary and demoralising, the NRMSATA-2016 said its struggle was not against the government but for fairness, dignity, and equality. It urged the authorities to revoke the order and initiate meaningful dialogue to resolve the long-pending issue.