Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday announced to pay the arrears to the state government employees on account of recommendation of the 5th Punjab Pay Commission in three equal installments during the three financial years.
A decision to this effect was taken by Badal in a meeting with the delegation of Mulazam Dal Punjab led by its President Hari Singh Tohra and Patron Nachhatar Singh Jahangir here at Chief Minister's residence this evening.
Conceding the major demand of the Mulazam Dal regarding the payment of arrears of the employees,Badal announced that the first installment of pay arrears would be paid in cash along with the salary of the month of February paid in March 2011, 50% of which would be deposited in the respective GPF accounts of the employees. The remaining two installments would be paid similarly in the next two financial years.
He also directed the Chief Secretary to coordinate with Finance and Personnel Departments to examine the long pending demand of the employee association relating to the regularization of the adhoc and work charged employees with in the parameters of the laid down guidelines of the Supreme Court.
On the demand of the various government school teachers' associations the Chief Minister directed the Principal Secretary School Education C Roul to immediately withdraw the orders to increase the working hours of the government schools. He also asked the Finance Department to immediately issue instructions to delegate the powers of withdrawal of GPF of teachers to the District Education Officers instead of DPI schools.
Likewise Badal also asked to implement this decision in other departments also at the district level officers. He also asked the Personal department to rationalize the procedure for the sanction of the Ex-India leave to all categories of employees and specifically ordered the Principal Secretary School education to immidiately delegate the powers for sanctioning ex-India leave to the District Education Officer upto the period of six months.
The Chief Minister also asked the Chief Secretary to re-look into the issue of the Assured Career Progression (ACP) scheme of 4-9-14 in consultation with the Mulazim Dal before taking a final decision in the next cabinet meeting.
The Chief Minister reiterated his firm commitment to safeguard the interests of its employees at all costs as they were the backbone of the state administration. He also said that the government was ready to resolve all pending employees' issues with an open mind and positive approach and asked the Chief Secretary to resolve all their pending issues on the priority
Source : PunjabNewsline.
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