Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 14: Voluntarily retirement given SRTC workers held protest demonstration and dharna in support of their long pending demands near Press Club here today.
The retired J&K SRTC workers, under the banner of All J&K SRTC Volunteer Retired Employees Association, Jammu led by Dev Raj Bali, president and general secretary Surinder Singh assembled near Press Club complex here today and then started protest demonstration.
They were shouting slogans demanding their pending arrears of COLA and 6th Pay Commission. They alleged that despite long struggle of more than five years, the State Government has turned a deaf ear towards the plight of the VRS given SRTC workers.
Many times representations were also given to Managing Director of SRTC and Commissioner/ secretary Finance department. Even the meetings were also held with the concerned minister on several occasions. Despite false assurances nothing has been achieved so far.
Bali urged upon the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to personally intervene into the matter and issue directions to the concerned authorities to clear pending COLA arrears of about 700 VRS given SRTC workers with effect from 1999, 6th Pay Commission arrears with effect from January Ist, 2006 and other pension benefits to the workers. Later, they dispersed.
Prominent among those who accompanied included, Dwarka Nath, Balwinder Singh, Vindraban Sharma, Devinder Singh, Deep Raj and Gulshan Singh.
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