Central
grades for teachers
Sir,
The
Central Government implemented the 5th
Pay Commission Recommendations in favour
of its employees including that of
teachers with effect from 1.1.1996 and
the teaching staff was placed under below
mentioned grades vis-a-vis their
qualifications as per 5th CPC-Central
Civil Services (CCS) Pay rules 1997.
Post
graduate teachers (PGT) Rs.
6500-200-10500, Trained Graduate Teachers
(TGT) Rs. 5500-175-9000 and Primary
School Teachers (PRT) Rs. 4500-125-7000.
As against
it, in our J&K State which
implemented the aforesaid Pay Commission
recommendations in favour of its
employees except that of teachers as all
the teachers appointed upto 30.3.1992
right from Middle pass upto M.Phill/P.hD.
Degree were placed in the pay scale of
just Rs. 4000-100-6000 and the teachers
appointed after 30.3.1992 were placed in
the pay scale of just Rs.
3050-75-4590/Rs. 4000-100-6000 vide SRO
18 which is below in the level of the pay
of the Primary school teachers (PRT) in
the Centre when the qualification and the
working hours etc. is the same and the
Govt was supposed to grant the grades to
the J&K State teachers according to
5th Pay Commission Recommendations as has
been done in the case of all other
categories of employees. Needless to
mention it here while issuing SRO 75/SRO
45 only the teachers were deprived of
Their genuine benefits. It is not an open
discrimination with the teachers who are
regarded as the Nation Builders? This has
created unrest and lack of interest among
the Highly qualified teachers of the
J&K State and has reduced their
status etc. How can good talented and
efficient teachers be attracted towards
the J&K Education Department and how
can the Educational Standard be improved
under such circumstances? This all needs
immediate remedy.
Not only
this, but the initial higher start for
which the teachers of the J&K State
are entitled vis-a-vis their
qualifications under Rule (10) and (12)
of SRO 370 of July 1987 and Hon'ble High
Court of J&K order under SWP No.
875/95 dated 27.7.1998 and Hon'ble High
Court of J&K Judgement dated July 9,
2001 was denied by some DDO (S) when many
DDOs are very rightly drawing this
incentive at present in favour of the
teachers working under their kind control
since 1.1.1992/1998 October November vide
above quoted SRO and Hon'ble High Court
of J&K Judgement order.
Therefore,
it is quite evident from the above facts
and figures that the J&K State
teachers have always been deprived,
ignored to their genuine due benefit and
incentives in almost all the SROs (Except
that of SRO 370 of July 1987 for no fault
on their part.
As such it
is humbly requested to the J&K State
Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah,
Education Minister, Mr. Mohd Shafi Uri,
Chief Secretary Mr. I S Malhi and
Commissioner/Secretary to Govt. J&K
Education Department to kindly remove
this open discrimination with the
qualified teachers of the J&K State
by immediately ordering Central Grades,
PRT, PGT, TGT grades for State teachers
and to immediately implement Hon'ble High
Court of J&K Judgement dated July 9,
2001 regarding release of initial higher
start in the interests of justice and not
to force the teachers to move to the
court of law again to seek justice.
Yours etc...
Ashok K. Lalpuri
Publicity Secretary
Migrant Teachers's Welfare Asso.
Jammu.
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