Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 31: J&K Field Employees’ Association of Election Department held a protest in both capital cities of the State to press for their genuine demands.
Scores of field employees of Election Department today assembled at Press Club, Jammu and held demonstration as a part of their two-day state-wide strike/protest program.
Raising slogans in support of their demands like removal of pay anomalies of Election Naib Tehsildars, Election Assistants (Senior and Junior Scale) at par with Naib Tehsildars, Girdwar and Patwari of Revenue Department and considering 50% department quota for promotion of Deputy DEOs, they said basic rights of the employees have constantly been violated and none of their demands have been fulfilled.
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The constant denial of rights compelled the employees to resort to strike in order to press for immediate action for resolution of their issues, they said adding, “Unlike employees of other departments, the field employees of Election Department sacrifice their social as well as personal lives for upholding the reputation and sanctity of the democratic processes and the Election Department but when it comes of their rights, they are constantly ignored”.
Meanwhile, the protest of field employees of Election Department was also held at Press Colony Srinagar. The protesting employees said that billions of rupees are being spent on conduct of polls or even huge salaries are paid to the deputed employees for performing one day of poll duties but on the contrary the rights of the employees of the election department are grossly violated.
They said, “Employees of the department are not paid adequate salaries and there are visible discrepancies in the salaries in comparison with the salaries of employees of election department in other states. There is no carrier advancement policy or scope of future growth to the employees in the department. The employees get stuck to their single designation for decades together”.
“The employees have been persistently pleading for resolution of issues from decades, but all the time false promises and assurance are given by the concerned authorities and with the result the employees continuously get persecuted and none of our issues are resolved,” they said and appealed Governor SP Malik to make necessary intervention for addressing the vital issues of the employees.
If all our reasonable demands are not fulfilled timely then the employees will resort to more intensive strike program from February 12, they added.
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