Remove pay panel anomalies, demand Punjab teachers, nurses

Tribune News Service

Chamkaur Sahib, October 17

Members of Punjab State Teachers’ Alliance and nursing staff staged a protest march here today, demanding implementation of the 6th Pay Commission report and removal of ambiguities in the new pay scales of 24 categories of employees.

They later sat on a dharna and blocked the Chamkaur Sahib-Morinda road for around one hour.

Union leaders said it was recommended to increase salaries with a multiple of 2.59 in the new pay scales of 24 categories of employees and the Finance Department was creating hurdles in its implementation.

Claiming that the authorities had agreed to resolve their issues and even issued a notification in this regard during their meetings with former Chief Principal Secretary Suresh Kumar on September 8 and Principal Secretary Hussan Lal on September 28, they said nothing had been done to date.

“Besides, the government has failed to regularise the contract teachers and restore the old pension scheme,” they said, adding that their protest would continue till their demands were accepted. The protesters, however, lifted the dharna around 4 pm when local tehsildar Chetan Bangar reached the

spot to receive their memorandum of demands.