*AJKPC seeks their regularization
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 16: Seeking immediate redressal of the genuine demands and grievances of the guards and gardeners, All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference along with aggrieved RDD workers held a massive protest at Directorate of Rural Development Department here today.
Dozens of guards and gardeners raised slogans against the government for injustice meted out to them and their families. The protestors led by Anil Sharma president of All J&K Panchayat Conference barged into the office chamber of the Director and asked the officer to do justice with them and convey their displeasure and disappointment to the J&K Government led by Lieutenant Governor.
AJKPC president said the incumbent government has failed miserably on all fronts and today the worst sufferers are the temporary employees of the J&K Government including daily wagers, contractual workers as the government exploit the youth on the name of giving them permanent employment but then they deceive these workers.
Sharma also presented a memorandum to Mohammed Mumtaz Ali Director, RDD Jammu who gave a patient hearing to the protestors and assured them to further communicate their demands to the higher authorities. These guards-gardeners are demanding regularization of their appointment, release of regular monthly salary and also asking for ensuring their bio-metric attendance, many of these engaged people have now crossed the age criteria for appointment in any other department and serving the Rural Development Department for decade and over. Several times, the files related to their full time appointment moved from Directorate to Secretariat and vice versa but on ground nothing happened.
Sharma also hinted to launch a full fledged agitation in case government remains mute to the genuine demand of these temporary workers.
The prominent office bearers of the AJKPC and others who were present during the protest include Shahnawaz Ahmed, Devdutt Bhagat, Abdul Latif, Abdul Rashid, Sher Mohammed, Sanjay Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Parbhat Singh, Bashir Ahmed and Ravi Kumar.
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