Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 15: A high level delegation of Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC), Jammu and Kashmir called on Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta at Civil Secretariat, Srinagar and discussed the pending issues of the employees.
Led by president, Fayaz Ahmed Shabnam, the delegation raised several issues confronted by the employees of Jammu and Kashmir and also had a threadbare discussion on the charter of demands which was already presented before the Chief Secretary in the month of February 2022.
The issues faced by the employees of Jammu and Kashmir were thoroughly elaborated before the chair. Chief Secretary keenly listened to the issues raised and assured the delegation about their early redressal.
The delegation hoped that under the administrative leadership of AK Mehta, J&K will scale new heights. The delegation hoped that besides embarking on new developmental paths, the officer will initiate measures for the redressal of some long pending demands so that the employees heave a sigh of relief.
The Chief Secretary assured the delegation that Minimum Wages Act would be implemented to all kinds of temporary workers at the earliest. He also asked for early release of pending wages since 2014 to daily wagers of Tourism Department. He further said that all the pending bills of gratuity and GP Fund would be cleared upto January 2023 and all the pending DPC’s would be cleared at the earliest of the respective departments. He also assured that all the vacancies would be filled up in the Education Department and also reorganization of Forest Department will be conducted. He asked all the employees to fill the HRM online soon.
The delegation comprised of Dr Manzoor, Mohd Altaf Handoo, Mohd Shafi Rather, Nazir Ahmad Mir, Bashir Ahmad Thoker, Mansoor Ahmad Bhat, Mohd Akbar Dar and others.
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