Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 30: Rakesh Singh, State President Jammu Kashmir Teacher/Master Association (JKTMA), has urged the Director General (Codes), Finance Department, to remove the Pay anomaly among 2009 batch Teachers, which has arisen after implementation of Seventh Pay Commission SRO 193 .
“Earlier basic pay of all the Teachers of 2009 batch was same(Rs 11170 ) and had same date of first increment(1-07-2010) but after implementation of Seventh Pay Commission and choice to exercise option under Rule (5) of SRO 193, the teachers whose first in-situ was due between August to December 2018 become aggrieved as their basic pay was fixed less(Rs 39,900 ) as compared to other 2009 batch teachers whose first in-situ was due between January to July 2018(Rs 42,300 Rs),” he explained.
Rakesh Singh said that ” There is a great confusion among DDOs , Clerks and among teaching community about clarification issued by Finance Department regarding exercise of option under rule (5) of SRO 193 O.M No A/Clar(2018)-11-1110 and on basis of this clarification some DDOs had extended benefit of option of Rule(5) to teachers whose first in-situ is due up to December 2018 but many other DDOs have not extended it’s benefit to their teachers due to which junior teachers basic pay is fixed Rs 42,300 which is higher than their senior teachers (Rs 39,900 thus creating pay disparity.
Association urged Director General Codes Finance and Director School Education Jammu to issue formal order to all DDOs regarding exercise of option under rule(5) due to misinterpretation that extended the benefit of same to all 2009 batch teachers whose first in-situ was due between August to December 2018 in order to remove the pay disparity.
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