SHILLONG: The youth wing of Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) has threatened to file an FIR against the Director of North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homeopathy (NEIAH) for violation of Article 16 of the Constitution of India which is equality of opportunity in matters of public employment.
KHNAM filed an RTI regarding an advertisement by NEIAH recently in which it sought information from the director on the number of candidates and their names short listed for various posts mentioned in the advertisement.
Although KHNAM received the RTI reply, it was not relevant to the information sought in the RTI.
In a statement issued here, KHNAM youth wing president, Thomas Passah said that exams conducted for various posts in 2016 will be cancelled in toto, due to the notification/direction received from the Central Ministry.
“However, it is observed that a few posts notified have been filled up, for example, Staff Nurse, Dietician etc, while re-examination is being conducted for other posts notified in the same advertisement which is biased and violation of the article 16 of the constitution of India which is equality of opportunity in matters of public employment,” he said.
Being informed that re-examination of selected posts will be conducted on August 23, the regional political party threatened that it will be compelled to stop the re-examination on the given date. “If after proper justification, re-examination is conducted, only the domicile of Meghalaya will be allowed to attend the re-test,” Passah said.
The regional political party said that any notification/direction received should have been implemented in uniformity, if so required.
“Re-examination of selected posts seems like an attempt of NEIAH to facilitate residents from outside the state,” Passah said.