Nagaland SSA Teachers Association (NSSATA) has demanded for release of pending salary from the month of May till day stating that failure on the part of government to release the pending dues would invite “unwanted situation”.
In a press statement NSSATA president, Aliba Sangtam and general secretary Thungchamo Lotha stated that it had learnt through “reliable sources that release of first installment for financial year 2016-17 from MHRD is under process and expected within a few days time.”
NSSATA has demanded payment of all the dues once the fund was released from the MHRD, stating that “piece meal salary will lead to non-performance of duty for which the department and state government will be held solely responsible”.
It also stated that during the joint meeting held on May 16, 2016 at chief secretary conference hall headed by the chief secretary, NSSATA was assured that with improvement of state’s financial position for the current financial year, the payment of 10% state’s share and submission of utilization certificate at the center would not be a problem unlike past years and expressed hope for the continuous flow of SSA funds and timely release of salary.
NSSATA stated that based on this assurance it expect the government and its officials to be pro-active which would relieve the members from the extreme condition of mental trauma and the burden of visiting offices to enquire about salaries month after month.
The association has reminded the state government to learn from the past mistakes of installment lapses and strictly adhere the funding pattern procedure and make the habits of processing necessary files and submission of required documents for timely release of funds so that the welfare of the teaching community should never be at stake.