Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 27: The entire engineering fraternity of the State today threatened to suspend all essential services including drinking water and electricity from May 2, if Government fails to address their long pending demands.
Farooq Ahmad, president Jammu and Kashmir Civil Engineering Graduates Association (J&K CEGA) while addressing a press conference here today said that due to ineffectiveness of present administration to solve the basic demands of engineering fraternity, engineers of all wings have decided to go for a mass casual leave from May 2 and assemble in Engineering complex, Rajbagh here as well as in Jammu to register their protest.
He said the engineers are agitated over non-implementation of budget-2018 announcements which includes Assured Career Progression (ACP), revision of Fixed Travel Allowance (FTA), regularization of all adhoc promotions and removal of pay anomalies at all levels.
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“The entire engineering fraternity is demanding ACP of State Engineering Services since long as most of the engineers are stagnant at basic level since 30 years. Due to the failure of the Government to regularize the engineering cadres, 95% of engineers have not been elevated to next level in their entire service period,” he said
Farooq said the other important announcements such as regularization of all adhoc promotions made from time to time, enhancement in FTA and removal of pay anomalies especially of Junior Engineers has not been implemented yet in letter and spirit and there is no provision of such issues in the recently annou-nced 7th Pay Commission.
“After the assurance, promise and announcement of Finance Minister, the administration has back stabbed the entire fraternity by denouncing the measures already announced in the budget speech. Most of our neighboring states had implemented ACP to their engineering service since long though their promotional avenues are better than state engineering service of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said
Pirzada Hidaytullah, general secretary, Jammu & Kashmir Electrical Engineers Graduate Association (J&K EEGA) threatened that if Government fails to resolve their long pending issues, they will be forced to take harsh measures including suspending essential services as well.
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