KNZ NEWS DESK
Jammu 25 Dec【KNZ】:Press conference addressed by Mr. Abdul Ahad Bandroo State President and Syed Ghulam Rasool Geelani State General Secretary of the Jammu &Kashmir employees joint action committee (3rd front) with other trade Union leaders at Jammu today
While addressing a press conference in Jammu Mr. Ghulam Rasool Geelani State General Secretary along with other Trade Union Leaders of Jammu & Kashmir employees joint action committee (3rd front) appreciated both the partners of present state collation government for taking the step further for the regularization of more than 60 thousand temporary workers which include Daily wagers, Casual labours, Need base & seasonal workers and other local fund workers who are working various Government Departments engaged after 1994 who were suffering very badly for years together fighting for regularization policy.
The state collation Government Headed by Muhtarma Mehbooba Mufti Honorable Chief Minister of the State issues SRO 520 which they have earlier announced in the current year budget on 11-01- 2017 on the floor of the house that the regularization policy will be framed in the current year for which a committee of Bureaucrats headed by the Chief Secretary was constituted to find the suitable ways for regularization, we also appreciate the role of Honorable Finance Minister and Chief Secretary of the State.
Meanwhile after going through the SRO this seems more a new engagement policy rather than regularization policy. Jammu & Kashmir Employees Joint Action Committee 3rd front demanding immediate amendment in the SRO 520 and demand other allowances should be given all the benefits at par with government employees. EJAC demands that unpaid category among these workers should be taken under proper wages policy as their inclusion in the SRO is not mentioned.
Mr Geelani and Mr Bandroo further said the condition of these workers would have been made much better by giving them permanent status establishment. They appealed the state collation Government to remove all the pay anomalies which are pending since the implementation of 5th pay commission of various cadres of various departments before implementation of 7th pay Commission and necessary Amendment of recruitment rules of various departments to provide promotionary and other benefits in favour of the government employees.
Mr Geelani and Mr Bandroo appealed all the employees and other workers to be united under the banner of Jammu & Kashmir Employees Joint Action Committee 3rd front for just cause.
The other Senior Leaders present in the press conference are Gul Mohammad Mehdi, Ali Mohammad Mir, Farooq Ahmad Mir, Mohd Yusuf Wani , Farooq Ahmad Rather, Naseer Ahmad Wani, Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, Mohd Iqbal Ganie Manzoor Ahmad Lone, Atul Sudan, Vishal Kumar, Muzaffar Andrabi, Pavan Kumar, Ghulam Mohi-un-din Abdul Ahad Mir and others.
