Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Jan 5: Monthly meeting of Jammu Kashmir Teachers’ Joint Action Committee (JKTJAC) was held here today under the leadership of UT President Vinod Sharma and District President Lekh Raj Parihar.
The meeting, attended by executive and apex body members of JKTJAC from all the zones of the district, discussed various issues of the teachers.
Speaking on the occasion, Vinod Sharma appealed the Government to resolve the long pending issues for the welfare of thousands of these teachers, especially those appointed under ReT scheme. He appealed the Education Minister to get implemented Govt Order No.469 Edu of 2014 Dated 25.06.2014 regarding inclusion of 5 years ReT period for seniority benefits and transfer of the said cadre. He said that the CAT has recently given clear cut directions that after regularisation ReTs are equivalent to general line teachers and they can’t be differentiated on the basis of mode of their recruitment and they can be transferred within the district.
Other demands highlighted by Vinod Sharma included; revival of Old Pension Scheme; regularisation of ReTs who have completed 5 years ReT period; conversion of RRETs to Teachers Grade II/ III; benefit of cash in lieu in favour of teaching fraternity; conversion of headteachers posts into non plan posts of Masters; one more DPC of Teachers to Masters; release of time barred arrears of Teachers/Masters; raising Grade of teachers at par with their counter parts in other UTs; earned leave in favour of teachers engaged during summer/ winter vacation for summer/ winter camps and for other duties; filling up of vacant posts of ZEOs/ Principals/ Headmasters in headless zones/schools.
Speaking on the occasion Lekh Raj Parihar urged the Chief Education Officer Udhampur to intervene in the matter of completion of service records of the teachers in many zones of the district besides release of dues of the teachers. He also demanded the release of carriage charges under Mid Day Meals which have not been released for many years.
Others who also spoke on the occasion, included Ashok Seth, Ravinder Singh Rathore, Bhushan Khajuria, Shamsher Singh, Vijay Sadotra, Suresh Sharma, Sandeep Sharma , Gopal Sharma, Ajay Thakur, Swarn Singh, Ranjit Singh, Jai Parkash Dogra, Sham Singh, Vipin Raina, Raman Sharma, Beerbajan Singh, Pankaj Thakur, Sanjay Sharma, Uttam Singh, Yash Paul, Ravinder Atri, Mohinder Goswami and Abdul Gani.