Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 5: Non-Gazetted Police Pensioners’ Welfare Forum held protest to highlight their demands, here today.
Large number of non-gazetted police pensioners assembled outside Press Club here and raised slogans in favour of their demands.
The protest was led by Chairman of the Forum Ajit Singh, who while speaking said that Government is giving the effect of its Order No 229-F of 2014 dated 7-10-2014 regarding pay anomaly, from the date of order though the effect should be given from the year 1996 when fifth Pay Commission was implemented throughout the State leaving only police department.
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He criticized the Government and the Police Department for ignoring the just and genuine demand of the poor police pensioners, stating that since the Forum launched their struggle to get their rights, Government is constituting committee after committee but doing nothing to redress the issue.
Singh said that first pay anomaly committee was formed in the year 2009, another was constituted on September 2011 and the third one was formed on April 2016. He said that for the fourth time again a committee is being framed which will discuss the pay anomaly issue.
“How many times committees will be framed to take decision over pay anomaly issue”, he questioned and demanded release of the amount in favour of retired ASIs and HCs, the details of which have been submitted by the office of the DGP to Principal Secretary Home Department.
Among others present were Mohammad Sharied, Satpal Sharma, Hari Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Triloki Singh, Krishan Lal, Mohammad Sadiq Malik, Hoshnak Chand, Sukhdev Singh, Hardev Singh, Jagjit Singh, Karan Singh, Bhopinder Singh, Dewan Singh, Kamal Verma, Hind Pal and Des Raj.
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