RET teachers to hold protest on May 14

Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 6: All J&K RET Teachers Forum today decided to hold one day protest cum dharna in front of Directorate of School Education on May 14, if their regularization orders were not issued before May 12.
A monthly meeting of the forum was held under the chairmanship of its State President Vinod Sharma, in which RET and EV teachers from all the zones participated.
While speaking, Vinod Sharma, State President, of the forum, highlighted the demands of RETs and EVs.
He demanded regularization of EVs as general line teachers, who have completed their seven years since march 2010, inclusion of 5 years rendered service of RETs for seniority benefits, implementation of Government order No 115 dated 29-2-2008 for old pension scheme in favour of RETs engaged before 1-1-2010, implementation of Government order for enhancement of wages of RETs as announced in the assembly session, transfer policy in favour of regularized RET teachers and provision of SRO 43 in favour of RETs and EVs.
He urged the Government to redress their demands at the earliest, otherwise they will come on the roads.
Among others present were Lekh Raj Parihar, Sham Sharma, Sukesh Khajuria, Sukdev Singh, Ravinder Singh, Parmod Sharma, Pritam Goswami, Chain Singh, Vipin Sharma, Sushil Singh, Rakesh Salaria, etc.