Khatri Maha Sabha urges Govt to settle package employees issue

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, July 31: Kashmiri Khatri Hindu Maha Sabha (KKHMS) under the leadership of its president, Ramesh Chander Mahajan expressed dismay over the approach of Union and LG Government concerning the serious problem of the safety of the lives of minority employees serving in Kashmir valley after the selective killing of Kashmiri Hindus in the Valley.
In a statement issued here, today the Sabha said there is a fear psychosis among all employees and a sense of insecurity among them as Government has failed to preserve their right of life while performing the duty in Kashmir valley.
The Sabha completely supported the genuine demands of permanent relocation of all PM package employees and their association and demanded that the package employees posted in Valley be immediately transferred from Kashmiri to Jammu and they should be attached to relief organization Jammu for performing their duties in various departments of Jammu Division till the security scenario will improve in Kashmir valley.
Further the Sabha demanded pending grant of time bound promotions, giving benefit of SRO 43 of 1994 at par with the State/Central Government employees, implementation of full salary benefits and revocation of unconditional bond of and biased transfer policy imposed on migrant employees. It demanded the jobs should be freely transferable within the UT once for all.
The Sabha and their members also supported in the rally and strongly protested for the demands of package employees. It urged upon Union Government and Lt Governor administration for settling the genuine demands of package employees.