IMPHAL, Sept 1 NNN : Movement for Tribal People’s Rights, Manipur (MTPRM) has expressed unhappiness over the order of August 27 issued by the Department of Tribal Affairs and Hills, government of Manipur regarding the transfer and posting and work allocation of departmental staffers saying that the order has exposed bias, impartiality and favouritism infested nature of management of affairs within the establishment.
The tribal rights body said the purpose of issuing the said order particularly in respect of post matric scholarship is only to serve the purpose of the vested interest groups and influential persons amongst the employees of the department which is absolutely against the interest of the tribal students in particular and tribal people in general.The said Order issued was in complete violation of the model Code of Conduct which is strictly enforced effectively till date for Panchayat election which is to be held on September 13.
“The dealing of the post matric scholarship assignment should be allocated to the tribal employees who would be well acquainted with the tribal students instead of giving the assignment to other employees who are Field Assistants (FA) which is purely a technical post specifically for veterirary department or veterinary section. On many occasions the tribal students have faced some unnecessary problems due to unwillingness on the part of the dealing and concern staff reluctantly for identification of students who came to withdraw and collect their respective scholarship amounts.Such problems would not crop up in case of tribal employees are given the opportunity and chance to serve the tribal students,” said the MTPRM.
The Movement for Tribal People’s Rights, Manipur(MTPRM) strongly demands that the said order effecting allocation or assignment of works among the staffers of the Directorate of Tribal Affairs and Hills be revoked immediately. The rights body threatens to resort to further democratic steps in order to rectify the anomaly and to protect and safeguard the interest of the tribal people into the matter in case of no positive corrective measures is being taken up from the side of the department.
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