India, Oct. 17 -- The Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of state service associations in Nagaland has extended its three-day pen-down strike from October 17 until further notice.

As part of its third-phase agitation, the JCC began the three-day pen-down strike on October 14 in protest against the subversion of meritocracy in the non-State Cadre Service IAS induction process in Nagaland.

The committee has been demanding transparency, meritocracy, and adherence to due process in the induction of officers into the IAS.

The media cell of the JCC stated that the decision to extend the strike was made on October 16 after considering the "facts and prevailing circumstances."

However, at the request of the All Nagaland School Teachers' Assoc...