Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 23: All J&K Village Level Workers (VLWs)/ Multi Purpose Workers (MPWs) Coordination Committee today highlighted their demands in a press briefing held here.
The leaders of the coordination committee said that 177 new CD Blocks were created in the year 2014 but the most important and necessary post of Panchayat Inspector was not created, due to which the Panchayats’ secretaries are becoming overburdened and not able to perform as per their efficiency.
They further said that at one stage the VLWs, Patwaris and Teachers were placed in the same pay scale but now VLWs are far behind than Patwaris and Teachers in respect of Pay Grade whereas work and assignments allotted to VLWs increased day by day. So, it is demanded by VLWs to enhance initial Pay Grade of VLWs/MPWs equivalent to Patwaris and Teachers.
“MPWs are deprived of in-situ promotion and despite submitting representations to the higher authorities in this connection by Multi Purpose Workers’ Union, Government did not pay any heed to their demands”, they alleged and urged the Government to give a sympathetic view to their genuine demands.
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They demanded creation of posts of Inspector Panchayat in 177 new CD Blocks, enhancement of initial pay grade in respect of VLWs/MPWs, release of in-situ promotion in favour of MPWs, filling up of vacant posts of VLWs/MPWs in the department, regularization of GRS, TA and MIS operator, conducting DPC in Jammu Division due for six years and relieving VLWs/MPWs from all duties additional to their job chart.
Terming recent suspension of panchayat secretaries by the concerned Minister during surprise visits to Block Dansal and Block Barnoti, they demanded revocation of their suspension orders.
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