Clerical cadre employees stage demonstration

Clerical cadre employees staging protest at Press Club in Jammu on Wednesday. —Excelsior/ Rakesh
Clerical cadre employees staging protest at Press Club in Jammu on Wednesday. —Excelsior/ Rakesh

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 12: Normal functioning in the Government offices was affected on the second consecutive day due to two-day pen down strike launched by the Clerical staff  on the  call of Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh All Departments Clerical Staff Association.
During the strike, a protest demonstration was held by the  clerical employees at Press Club, near Exhibition Ground here today under the leadership of  Babu Hussain Malik.  The agitating employees raised slogans in support of their demands, particularly the implementation of agreement on removing pay anomalies of the clerical cadre.
While addressing the gathering,  Malik appealed to all the Clerical cadre  employees and others from various State Government Departments/ PSUs/semi-Government organizations, to come on a common platform for getting the matter of  pay anomalies removal settled once for all.
He said that main  burning demand of the Clerical cadre at this moment, is removal of pay anomalies by giving Grade of Rs 4000-6000 to Junior Assistant,  Rs 4500-7000 to Senior Assistant and Rs 5500-9000 to Head Assistant and Junior Stenographers, notionally w.e.f  from 01-01-1996 and  monetarily w.e.f 19-02-2003.
He also appealed the Government to implement the landmark  judgment of the  High Court vide SWP No. 3058/2015, MP No. 01/2015 in letter and spirit,  regarding removal of pay anomalies of the clerical cadre at an earliest.  “It is unfortunate that the
Government bas formed a new committee when already a committee was formed vide Govt. order No. 67-GAD of 2012 dated 19-01-2012, whose report is not known to the clerical cadre till date inspite of  the lapse of more than four years,” he added.
Some of the speakers also highlighted other demands, which include conduct of DPC in all departments after six months, reorganization of the Clerical cadre  on the pattern of Civil Secretariat,  implementation  of  7th  Pay Commission, increase of  Medical Allowance and regularization of  daily wagers/ adhoc/contractual/ Anganwari  and Asha workers.
Those  who addressed the gathering, included Bharat Bhushan, Khursheed Ahmad, Ashok Singh, Javed Akhoon,  Yash Paul Sharma, Meenakshi Sharma, Jaswant Singh, Bharat Bhushan Kotwal, Ansuya Gupta and others.
Similar protest demonstrations/ dharnas were held at various district headquarters in support of  employees’  issues.

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