Fisheries employees demand regularisation before fresh recruitment

Imphal, Aug. 8: The Fisheries Officiating Employees Union appeal to the state government to reconsider the cabinet decision of the announcement of fresh recruitment of grade 3 and 4 employees in the Fisheries Department instead of regularising employees who have suffered more than 30 years in the department.
Speaking to media persons the acting secretary of the Fisheries Officiating Employees Union Khaidem Gopal Singh said that the 175 officiating employees were recruited in the year 1985 by the Departmental Promotion committee in the office chamber of Director of Fisheries Manipur. However, out of the 175 officiating employees there are 110 left at present due to the retirement and even dead of some of the employees.
He further added that the high court of Manipur has ordered the state government not to recruit any employee before regularising them and even the state cabinet has taken a decision to regularise them if there is vacancy post.  He added that the Union has no issue or objection in recruitment of fresh candidates, however the state government should regularise the long suffered employees of the department before any recruitment is done.