Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 18: All J&K Rehbar-e-Janglat Employees Association (ReJEA) has appealed the LG administration to review Rehbar-e-Janglat (ReJ) policy in consonance with Rehbar-e-Zirat (ReZ) or other implemented rehbar policies in respect of Grade pay and cadre.
Discussing the issue in a meeting, the Association members said that that the previous J&K Government formulated the ReJ policy for 534 registered unemployed forestry technocrats on the structure of Rehbar-e- Zirat (ReZ) policy for the development, optimum utilization and proper management of forests by utilizing the services of technically qualified unemployed youth i.e. BSc Forestry/ MSc forestry/ PhD Forestry/ DDR trained.
“As the forestry technocrats were unemployed from past 15 years due to older service recruitment rules duly framed in 1960’s which unfortunately doesn’t prescribe the forestry degree (BSc Forestry/MSc Forestry/PhD forestry) as an eligibility criteria for most of the posts in the department, so keeping in view the same, the J&K Government formulated the ReJ policy for the qualified forestry technocrats”, they added.
They said, “As per the implemented REJ policy, the forestry professionals will be regularized in lowest post with the pay scale of 5200-20200, Grade pay 1900 whereas , ReZ were regularized by creation of 2642 posts of Village Agriculture Extension Assistants in the pay band of 9300-34800 with applicable Grade pay of 4200.”
“This disparity has created huge indifference and irrationality towards psychological depression which is clearly visible in the fact that almost 200 out of 534 employees have left the job out of dissatisfaction and de-motivation”, they added.
The Association members said that on February 27, 2020, Government constituted a committee with Chief Secretary as its chairman to look into the matter but since then there is no progress regarding their issues. They appealed to make the committee functional and review the ReJ policy in consonance and congruity with the ReZ.
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