MINISTERIAL STAFFS THREATEN DEMO BEFORE ASSEMBLY Saturday, 24 September 2016 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

MINISTERIAL STAFFS THREATEN DEMO BEFORE ASSEMBLY

Saturday, 24 September 2016 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

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Members of the Odisha Ministerial Officers’ Association have threatened to sit on dharna before the State Assembly from September 26 to 28 demanding fulfilment of their three-point charter of demands.

The demands include increase in grade pay of Junior, Senior and Head Clerks and scrapping of contractual appointments. This was stated at a Press meet here by the association president on Friday.

Another major demand is abolition of the posts of Junior, Senior and Head Clerks by designating them as Junior Assistants, Senior Assistants and Section Officers, respectively.

Three years ago, the Government had published an advertisement for appointment to the posts and, accordingly, deserving candidates were appointed. However, a recent Government letter designated them as contractual employees, which was not mentioned earlier.

“We are going to stage a demonstration before the Assembly. If the Government does not fulfil our demands, we will resort to cease-work,” said association president Satrughna Panigrahi.