Manipur, Feb. 6 -- As expected the defence of the three officers of Education Directorate, two ZEOs and one DI is while offering apology for their unauthorised acts of issuing No Objection Certificate (NOC) for affiliation of schools under Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts to the CBSE they had done it under duress from elected representatives, CSOs and individuals. Such pressure was expected and their inability to weather such pressure indicates their lack of officer like quality to hold such responsible posts.

Among the six MLAs who had written to these three officers, one because of his long stint in the bureaucracy, his letter was written in bureaucratise language incorporating "as per rules" so that he can avoid future complicati...