Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 7: Employees of Estates Department J&K today staged a protest demanding reorganization of the department.
Scores of employees of the Department assembled this morning in front of Press Club Jammu and raised slogans in support of their demands while appealing the LG administration for reorganization of the department.
The protesting employees said that in the year 1973 when the department came into existence there were only 250 quarters approximately to look after and provide facilities to the Government employees occupying the quarters/bungalows but by the passage of time, the strength of the Government quarters increased to above 3550.
They said despite increase in number of Government quarters, the limited staff of the department continued to render their services. “Since 1973, we have been pursuing for reorganization of the department so that the strength of the employees is increased and they can get not only next higher promotion and other service benefits but also provide effective services as far as maintenance of Government property is concerned but all our efforts proved futile,” they added.
The protesting employees said that successive Governments cheated employees of Estates Department and deprived them of service benefits and time bound promotion by not conducting the DPC meeting. They said daily wagers working in the department have been completely ignored and their services have not been confirmed after 1994. They also sought 2½ days salary for the staff of the department engaged in essential services and maintenance, on the same analogy as that of other departments.
The agitating employees appealed the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to give a judicious view to the demands of the JKEEA and accordingly pass directions for the reorganization of the Estates Department and mitigation of other demands.
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