Shillong,Nov 9: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising NEHUTA, NEHUNSA and NEHUSU has decided to intensify the agitation by way of an indefinite strike from November 13 to protest against the NEHU VC’s ‘adamant and non-responsive attitude towards their 9 charter of demands’.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the JAC held on Thursday.
The nine-point demand relates to removal of illegally appointed technical officer/senior consultant, appointment of statutory officers and university engineer, deteriorating condition of the university health centre, relieving of teaching and technical staff from ministerial duties, re-upload of NEHU Act, statutes and ordinances in the NEHU official website, holding of regular convocation, marking system, inclusion of elected members of NEHUSU as representatives in the Academic Council and review of Educationally Backward Area Quota from block level to village level.
The JAC said essential services (i.e., bus service, water, electricity, health centre, sections involved in recruitment process and pension cell for receiving Life Certificate of Pensioners are exempted from the strike.
