Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, April 17: J&K Teachers Forum (JKTF) has appealed Principal Secretary, Education, J&K UT, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, to redress the pay anomaly of teachers of School Education Department.
The Forum said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first address to the Union Territory of J&K post revocation of Article 370 has mentioned that the employees of the J&K UT will have benefits of all the allowances and the pay which their counterparts enjoy as employees of Central Government.
“However, nothing concrete has been done in this regard till date. Even though the then J&K state fixed the pay anomaly of employees of majority of the departments over a period of time but the pay anomaly of teachers were left unattended,” it said.
The JKTF said while as per 6th pay Commission, the teachers are paid in the Pay Band of Rs 5200-20200 and grade pay of Rs 2800 which in the revised pay matrix as per 7th Pay Commission was fixed at Basic Pay of Rs 29,200, however their counterparts in other UTs are paid much higher than them.
The Forum requested the Principal Secretary to bring the teachers of J&K at par with teachers of other UTs by at least giving grade improvement. “While teachers in developed nations are amongst top paid officials, we at least seek a decent livelihood and the implementation of the promise of our PM,” it asserted.
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