IMPHAL, Jan 7: Federation of All Tribal Youth Clubs, Manipur (FATYCM) has summited a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India and also to the Minister of Law and Justice praying them for the immediate intervention into what it terms as ‘’illegal and goondaism’ of the chief minister and the home minister Manipur for making unnecessary harassment including lodging of FIR against the primary teachers of the hill districts in whose favour the Gauhati High Court had passed an order for payment of salaries and allowances.
“With due respect, FATYCM begs to request you for favour of your kind consideration and necessary actions by an order date 20/6/2008 passed in W.P(C) NO.350 of 2008, the Gauhati High Court had passed an order for payment of unpaid salaries for the 835 primary teacher s of the hill districts of the state of Manipur w.e.f May, 2007 to Aprill, 2008 within three months from the date receipt of the certified copy of the said order and the same was communicated on19/7/2008 to the competent by the counsel of the petitioners,” the FATYCM said.
The FATYCM said, pursuant to the aforesaid order the 835 primary teachers had filed various cases for non-payment of their entitled back wages w.e.f May, 2007 to April, 2008.
According to the federation, the stipulated time fixed by the court has already expired on 19/11/2012 however, due to long agitation by the Advocates of the Gauhati High Court of Imphal Bench the functional of the court is now paralyzed w.e.f 8/11/2012 to till date and taking undue advantage of the non functional of the High Court of Imphal bench the state government by lodging a concocted FIR on 23/10/2012 being FIR No.30 (10) 2012 U/s 420/468/120-B IPC against the 835 primary teachers of the hill districts and primary teachers are threatening to arrest them unless they failed to withdraw the entire contempt cases. “Behind the back of the said actions the main king pin are chief minister O Ibobi and home minister Gaikhagam of the state of Manipur as such the said actions are nothing but harassment and goondaism meted out to the 835 poor primary teachers of the hill districts of Manipur. Unless such actions of the state of Manipur are restrained immediately the entire poor teachers have to be sacrificed their unpaid salaries w.e.f May 2007 to April 2008 on the garb of their arrest by the police in connection with aforesaid pending contempt case,” it alleged.
“In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, it is therefore requested that your goodself may cause necessary actions to direct the chief minister and the home minister of Manipur, who is in-charge of Hills, Manipur to immediately withdraw the said FIR being FIR No.30 (10) 2012 U/s 420/468/120-B IPC against the 835 primary teachers of the hill districts and direct them to release the entire back wages of the 835 poor primary teachers of the hill districts of Manipur so as to enable to enjoy the pay and allowances for the services rendered by them at the hill districts, Manipur,” FATYCM said.
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