Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 16: Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) President Fayaz Ahmad Shabnum has strongly demanded setting of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Srinagar.
In a press statement, the EJAC president said that they are welcoming the initiative of Central Government of setting up of CAT branch in Jammu, but at the same time, the Government should have also set up its permanent branch in Srinagar, which was mentioned in the notification issued for setting up of CAT branches in both the capital cities.
The EJAC president said that it would be a discriminatory approach with Kashmir province employees of not having any legal forum in Kashmir to pursue their service matters. He said that it would be extremely difficult for Kashmir province employees to pursue their service matters in Jammu as it will be expensive for the employees. Majority of the service related cases belong to low rung employees who on a meager salary hardly make their two ends meet, he added.
Fayaz Ahmad Shabnam also highlighted that Jammu Srinagar highway is usually closed for most of the time due to landslides or other issues and the airplane tickets are skyrocketing and thus in such a scenario it will be very cumbersome for the employees to reach the tribunal on a given date or time.
The EJAC president urged J&K Govt and Chief Justice of JK High Court to take up the matter with concerned so that lakhs of employees in Kashmir may get justice and they would be able to get a platform to pursue their legal matters.
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