ITANAGAR : The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) has invited legal experts and representatives of organisations spearheading the movement against the 80:20 recruitment ratio to join its delegation for the High Powered Committee (HPC) meeting scheduled in Itanagar on Monday.

AAPSU president Meje Taku, in a letter issued on Sunday, invited advocates Nabam Jollow, Marto Kato and Techi Rana, along with Arunachal Frontier Tribal Front (AFTF) chairman Tadak Nalo and former All Nyishi Students’ Union president Nabam Dodum, to be part of the delegation.

The HPC, headed by Industries and IPR Minister Nyato Dukam, was constituted by the state government to examine the feasibility and methodology for abolishing the existing 80:20 reservation ratio in state government recruitment and making Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) and Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribe (APST) certificates mandatory for competitive recruitment processes.

AAPSU said it intends to field a “strong and well-prepared delegation” in view of the significance of the issue and sought the invitees’ legal expertise, experience and suggestions during the deliberations.

The meeting is scheduled for 2 pm in the office chamber of the minister at the Civil Secretariat, Itanagar. AAPSU has been invited to attend the meeting as a special invitee.

The meeting assumes significance amid mounting pressure on the state government over the recruitment policy. The AFTF, following a mass rally in Itanagar on Saturday, has set August 15 as the deadline for the government to scrap the 80:20 ratio and make ST and PRC documents mandatory for APPSC and APSSB recruitment examinations.

The HPC was constituted on July 6 and has been given two months to submit its report. Monday’s meeting will be its first sitting.