Gauhati High Court Stays Sacking Of 252 Assam NRC Workers

The assistants were served a termination notice on March 26, three days after the Registrar General of India (RGI) ordered the closure of the NRC office in Assam and refused to sanction funds after March 31.

The Gauhati High Court has stayed the termination of 252 Junior Assistants (JA) who had been engaged on a contractual basis to update Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC), monitored by the Supreme Court. The assistants were served a termination notice on March 26, three days after the Registrar General of India (RGI) ordered the closure of the NRC office in Assam and refused to sanction funds after March 31. Employed in February 2015, they were stationed at the district, sub-division and circle levels with fixed monthly remuneration under the NRC related works. A response has been sought from the Centre, RGI, Assam's Chief Secretary, Home and Political Department Secretary and State NRC Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma. They have been given two weeks' time.