Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 29: Alleging stagnation Work Supervisors Association has urged upon the higher authorities to conduct DPC at the earliest and provide 4 % quota in promotions.
Talking to media-persons today, president of the Association from Udhampur unit , Tariq Shah said that supervisor cadre in the engineering wing (R&B/ PHE) has been facing stagnation since long. He said that despite several representations to the higher authorities, they are not being promoted. He claimed that Government was forcing them to launch agitation.
Shah further said that there is provision of 4% quota amongst the work supervisors for the next promotion to the post of Junior Engineer. But this order is not being implemented for the reason best known to the people at the helm of affairs. There is strong resentment among the cadre.
Shah pointed out that there is scope of promotion for the Gram Sevaks to the higher post of BDO, Patwaris can be promoted as Naib Tehsildars and even the Tehsildars and Firemen as Superintendents but in case of work supervisors, they are being ignored. He appealed the cadre to get united and be prepared for the long struggle.
The Association urged upon the Chief Minister to intervene into the matter and provide justice to the work supervisors. Asif Ali and Ashok Sharma senior members also spoke on the occasion.
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