Story of sincerity and dedication

There was a young boy who was born on 4th oct 1948 in the small Town of Tura part of West Garohills Districts of Meghalaya. Meghalaya is one of the most beautiful state with many hill stations like Shiilong and Cherapunji, situated in the north easter part of India. He did his primary schooling at Bengali School of Tura and completed his high school at Gorkha Higher Secondary School in 1962. Later he graduated from Tura Govt college and took admission to Law. But due to a financial crisis he could not complete his Law degree, rather joined a clerical post in the District Commissioner office of his Town. There he served diligently and provided public service to larger communities across Garohills District of Meghalaya. He continued in the same office till 1995. Later he was promoted to LDA and transferred to Commissioner Divisional Office and retired as Superintendent in 2006.

During his career, for his outstanding contribution he was recognized and rewarded twice as the Best employee by the Meghalaya Government and he was rewarded by his excellency the Governor of Meghalaya. He retired in 2006 but because of his skills and expertise in public administration and sincerity in duties, he was again offered the Post of Head Accountant in DRDA office of Meghalaya in contractual Mode which he continued till his last days. Nevertheless, life is never a bed of roses. From 2017 onwards he became ill frequently and since he was still on job, he took 15 days leave and came to his elder daughter's house Bengaluru for treatment. There he was diagnosed with Cancer in Manipal Hospital of Bengaluru. The painful treatment of cancer was started. Despite the all effort of the family and doctors, his health was deteriorating. During this treatment, there was not a single day where he didn't mention his job and the commitment that he had in DRDA office. He kept on expressing his deep desire to make a proper knowledge transfer to his subordinates and groom them so that he can comfortably get a release from his current job. But due to his ongoing treatment, he could not be taken to his home town in between. He was always restless because of his pending responsibilities. Later after 2 months he was taken to his house and then from there the next day immediately was taken to the office by his son. In spite of he being unwell, he remained in the office for a couple of hours and sincerely provided the required knowledge transfer to his junior colleague. Then, despite his poor health, he further walked to his desk , wrote his resignation letter with his shaky hands, and personally handed over all confidential files to the respective authority. Post this, he peacefully came back to the hospital again, and exactly after 1 month, he passed away. His demise is not only a great loss for his family but also for the state of Meghalaya which lost a great public servant who served relentlessly for the entire communities of West Garohills through implementing government services for the upliftment of the common masses. He was none other than my Father in Law, late Tan bahadur chetry . Today after 4 years of his death, I still remember his dedication and sincerity and his worship towards his work. He is an epitome of sincerity and dedication for me. He always inspires and motivates me and I believe many others like me got influenced by him .

This beautiful society that we live in is made of such great souls and many of them pass away without being recognized for their contribution. Hence let us all whole-heartedly and sincerely served our responsibilities and make our society a better place to live in.