At least 157 employees who were working on contractual basis in the updation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam have been fired.
Sacked Employees Asked To Submit Valuables By June 29
The recent development came after NRC Coordinator Partha Pratim Mazumder decided to replace the old employees with the new ones.
The fired employees have been asked to submit all the valuables and documents on or before June 29, 2023.
All the Circle Project Supervisors, who have been fired from their positions, have filed a petition in the Gauhati High Court in view of the matter.
Partha Pratim Mazumder was appointed as the NRC’s State Coordinator after Hitesh Dev Sarma retired on July 30, 2022.