Eviction Notice To 900 Employees of Assam's 2 Defunct Hindustan Paper Mills

Assam Congress Chief Bhupen Kumar Bora has constituted a committee to urgently look into the "autocratic order" to vacate residential quarters

The liquidator of central PSU Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) has issued eviction notices to 900 employees of its two defunct paper mills in Assam, asking them to vacate their official quarters within 15 days from September 3 to facilitate sale of the units' physical assets. The notices to employees of Nagaon Paper Mills and Cachar Paper Mills in the state's Barak Valley region, who are staying in quarters, have been issued by HPCL Liquidator Kuldeep Verma and were made available to the media today. A prominent union leader of the mills claimed that the staff were not paid their dues for the past 56 months, 93 of them lost their lives during the period due to lack of proper treatment and the quarters will have to be vacated "over their dead bodies". All those issued notices must "vacate the accommodation/quarters occupied by them within 15 days by handing vacant, physical and peaceful possession to the liquidator through authorised representatives posted for the purpose, failing which legal action will be taken for getting back vacant possession of the accommodation/quarters", the notice stated.