Kohima, Oct 10 (PTI) The Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), comprising five major organisations of Nagaland government employees, on Friday announced that it will launch a three-day pen down strike starting October 14, to press for their demand for the removal of a name from the list of officers to be inducted into the IAS cadre.

In a statement, the JCC claimed that the Select List finalised for induction into the IAS cadre on September 25, included a candidate who did not qualify through the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) route and demanded that the name of the officer concerned be removed from it to protect merit-based recruitment.

Asserting that the inclusion of a non-NPSC officer in the list contravenes established rules and undermines the merit-based system of public ser

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