Guwahati, Sept. 3 -- The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) has vehemently opposed a notification by the Department of Health and Family Welfare dated August 18.

The notification regularises 98 contractual Medical Officers and Junior Specialists with other health workers who were picked during the pandemic.

The notification has under its purview 280 posts.

The federation lodged its resentment with the Chief Secretary.

Calling the decision arbitrary and unconstitutional, it sought that under the Nagaland Health Service Rules, 2006, appointments to Class-I Gazetted posts should be done through the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) through competitive examinations.

The decision contradits deprives equal opportunity to aspirants.

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