Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Feb 20: The J&K Police pensioners today held protest demonstration in support of their long pending demands at Vijaypur town.
The pensioners from Ramgarh and Vijaypur Sub Divisions of district Samba assembled at Sub-Divisional headquarters Vijaypur today under the banner of Non-Gazetted Police Pensioners Welfare Forum and held protest demonstration. Ajit Singh, chairman of the Forum was leading the protest. The protesters were shouting slogans in support of their demands.
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Ajit Singh and several other members of the Forum also addressed the gathering and criticised the higher authorities in the State Home Department and also Finance Department for ignoring their long pending issues. The main issue pertains to the pay anomalies of the Non- Gazetted cadre. Ajit Singh said Government order No. 229 -F of 2014 was issued on 17-2-2014 regarding pay anomaly but the affect is being given prospectively, which means from the date of order, whereas, the effect should have been given from the year 1996 when 5th Pay Commission was implemented throughout the State.
Singh pointed out that various Anomaly Committees have been formed in the past and they have also given their opinions and approvals from time to time. The first such committee was framed in October 2009 and within one year it gave its findings/ recommendations while the another committee was framed in Sept 2011 but the fate of the report of that committee was not known. Another Committee was framed in April 2016, the report of this committee is also awaited. The Finance Department has sought clarification from DGP regarding the pay anomalies of retiree ASIs and HCs. The DGP office has sent the reply mentioning about the amount also but the action in this regard is awaited.
Forum also demanded cashless Health Insurance Scheme for the Police personnel on the pattern of Army and 15% quota for the wards of Police personnel in jobs in own department. It also demanded that retirement policy of the Police Department should be similar to the Para-Military forces.
Ragbir Singh, Karnail Singh, Mohinder Singh, Uttam Singh, Jagdish Raj, Tirath Raina and Mohd Sharief also accompanied.
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