Respected sir, through this esteemed daily, I wish to draw your attention as well as attention of all the concerned to one of the most shameful practices of corruption committed by the school education department recently. When the result of examination (Adv.no.RMSA/EXAM 2013-14 Dated 17th March 2016) for recruitment of secondary teachers in the upgrade High school in Nagaland, conducted by Nagaland mission education mission society Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA), was officially declared (Notification.no.NLD RMSA/ST-100/2016/434 Dated Kohima the 31st August 2016), it clearly imprinted my name in waiting list number one based on merit. As per the stated norm, if a candidate from the selected list declines to accept the post and as such vacancy is created in his/her place, the candidates in the waiting list, strictly in order of merit, should be called in to fill up the vacancy. But, unfortunately, although my name N. Renbeni Ezung was positioned as waiting list number one in the result sheet given out by the concerned department, I was not called in to fill up the vacancy left by a candidate from the selected list who declined to accept the post. Instead, the candidate whose name was place in waiting list number two was invited to fill up the vacant post (Order No.NLD/RMSA/ST-100/2016/573 Dated Kohima 11th November 2016).This absolutely reflects discrimination of a qualified deserving candidate and consciously de-recognizing merit.
When I wrote a complaint letter to the concerned department against such anomaly, it was not entertained. My complaint letter was flatly rejected and I was told that my phone was not reachable when the department tried to contact me. Thus my plea has gone unheard till date.
A reply given by the department (No.NLD/RMSA/RTI/2015-16/62 Dated Kohima,the 1st May,2017), after I filed an RTI application seeking detail information on the issue, was the most ridiculous of all. The justification made by the department (Part 1 & 2 of the reply) that “appointment was given to the next candidate” as the “Sl.1 of the waiting list failed to respond within the stipulated time” simply exposed the deliberate act on their part to manipulate the whole selection process and thereby denied me the post. How on earth can the department expect me to respond or send an acceptance letter when in the first place itself I’m not at all served any prior notice? Part 3 of the reply is meant only for the selected candidate and not for those in the waiting list, as clearly stated in the reply, and therefore it is the responsibility of the concerned department to serve notice to those in the waiting list when any of the selected candidates declined to accept the job position. In fact the contents of the reply clearly show that it is just a face saving exercise undertaken by the department to cover up their clandestine act of manipulation.
What an audacious but frivolous excuse they gave? Any sane human being will find this forged reasons ridiculous. Is the appointment/recruitment system operated only through phone? I was not even given official call letter/dispatch official call letter to me nor did the concerned department officially published in the local dailies calling the attention of the qualified candidates in the waiting list on this matter. This is the height of audacity, unfairness and injustice meted out to a qualified candidate.
Education is the mirror of any society; when such corrupt practices eat up our bureaucratic and administrative systems, it will have irreparable harm to the already deteriorating health of our society.
Therefore, I request you to peruse my grievance and expeditiously deliver justice to my cause, and take severe action against the offenders so that recurrence of such malpractice can be stopped. I put my trust in a man like you who is wise and savant. I express my heartfelt thanks to you as I anticipate a positive response.
