By Mayukh Goswami
Mangaldai : Despite the hectic schedule following the declaration of the notification for the election in 8 Mangaldoi HPC and the ongoing process of NRC verification, the officials and staff of almost all the State Government offices running in the district head quarter of Darrang district Mangaldai barring very few on Friday i.e. the second day of celebration of ‘Holi’ availed a non official and undeclared holiday as the district administration allegedly failed to the clarify the confusion over the announcement of local holiday.
On Thursday the Deputy Commissioners of some neighboring districts in view of the ‘Holi’ celebration had declared local holiday on Friday . A good number of employees as well as officials on hearing the official holiday on Friday as per the provisions of the NI Act in the neighboring district did not turn up in the respective offices and enjoyed a full holiday. However, a section of officials and employees who got a clarification attended the office.
Apart from the banks, Deputy Commissioner’s office, SP’s office, Joint Director of Health a group of media persons found majority of other the government offices with doors open but hardly any attendance. This Correspondent along with one of his media colleague while visiting the office of the
Project Director of DRDA, Darrang and several other government offices at about 1.12 pm found not a single employee or official in the office. Significantly the main gate of the office of the Circle
Officer of Mangaldai Revenue Circle in the heart of the town along the NH was found closed under lock and key. However, the Circle Officer was seen in the Deputy Commissioner’s office. The office of the Zila Parishad was also found without any official or employee. A section of employees on promise of anonymity has justified the absence of their colleagues as nothing unprecedented in view of the prevalence of the spirit of the Holi festivity . In the same breadth they argued that Deputy Commissioner could have declared the day as a local holiday to avoid such confusing situation .