Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 7: For the 3rd consecutive day, Polytechnics staff under academic arrangement continued their strike and suspended work besides holding protest demonstration in support of their demand for a regularization policy.
Due to the continuous strike of academic arrangement staff members, who comprise more than 80 percent of the total staff in Government Polytechnics, the class work remained suspended at Govt Boys Polytechnic Jammu, Govt Women Polytechnic Jammu, Govt Polytechnic Reasi, Govt Polytechnic Kathua and Govt Polytechnic Kishtwar.
Under the banner of All J&K Polytechnic Academic Arrangements Association, the agitating academic arrangement staff member assembled at Govt Boys Polytechnic College Jammu and held a strong protest demonstration. Amidst raising of slogans, the protesters threatened to move to Srinagar and gherao the ministers and officials if their demand are not fulfilled within a week’s time.
While addressing the protest demonstration, president of All J&K Polytechnic Academic Arrangements Association, Atul Sudan said that Government had opened new Polytechnics in every district of J&K in 2012 without prior selection of the permanent teaching staff, “It was the academic arrangement staff, engaged that time, who served the department with all dedication and hard work but now after utilizing their services for so many years, the department is asking them to quit since the permanent staff has joined after the transfers,” he explained.
While making reference of the court directions, according to which they can’t be replaced by the transfers or permanent fresh appointment also, he alleged that the department was violating the court directions and also refusing to give the termination in written. “The department is not giving any thing in written to disengage or terminate us and also not allowing the particular staff to do the attendance,” he further alleged and added that despite repeated pleas to the officials of Technical Education Department and Minister concerned, nothing serious was done for them.
The Association president demanded that the terminated staff be allowed to rejoin the department again as per their continuation order from High Court of J&K. He further said that their demand of including them into JK Civil services Act or to frame regularization policy for them should be addressed otherwise they will have to come on the roads for getting their due right.
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