Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 20: All J&K SRTC Volunteer Retired Employees Association staged a protest demonstration this morning in front of Press Club, against State SRTC for not clearing their pending dues.
Addressing the protesting VRS employees’ Union president, Dev Raj Bali and general secretary, Surinder Singh, strongly criticized the discriminative attitude of SRTC Department and higher authorities of Transport Department towards VRS and GHS employees of State SRTC.
They alleged that their (VRS and GHS employees’) case for pending dues like COLA arrears, leave salary, gratuity, ex-gratia grant and pending bills was misrepresented before the Finance Department due to which the bills amounting to Rs 30,16,10, 673 have been lying for last three years in the Finance Department, adding this huge amount lying with the Finance Department deserves compound interest at the rate of 12% per annum.
“It is very strange that 126 slabs of COLA is give to the in-service employees of State SRTC whereas same has been denied to 742 VRS/GHS employees despite the fact that they were in service at the time of implementation of 6th Pay Commission”, said Dev Raj Bali.
Reiterating the demands of the Association, which included clearing 16 pending installments of COLA 2006, 18 installments of 2007, 26 installments of COLA 2008, 35 installments of COLA 2009, 31 installments of COLA upto 2010, pending arrears since 1999 and 6th Pay Commission arrears with effect from January 1, 2006, Surinder Singh appealed the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to put up the case of VRS/GHS employees in the ensuing Cabinet meeting, so that their dues be released.
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