IMPHAL, Sep 24 MNS/NNN: The Joint Coordinating Committee of Engineering Departments (JCCED) today threatened to take up serious agitation if the state Government of Manipur fails to pay salaries for the 1,950 work- charged employees of five Government departments by September 27.
Voicing serious concern over the non-payment of salries of 1,950 work-charged employeess of PWD, PHED, IFCD, Power and MID, the JCCED secretary B Gunamani Sharma told a press conference at the Manipur Press Club that the committee will launch agitation from september 28 onwards if the state Government fails to address the matter to ensure payment of 18 months due salaries of the employees.
He said the state Finance Department had issued an office order regarding implementation of Revised of Pay (ROP) 2010 on May 5, 2010 for all the work-charged employees under Rule No. 2 of the Manipur Civil Services (Revised Pay) of 2010.
As per the order, all the work-charged employees of PWD and IFCD were paid salaries for seven months and 10 months respectively, Gunamani said while adding that since then salaries for the employees have not been paid till today.
The Finance Department seeking supporting documents of all the work-charged employees had stopped payment of salaries to the employees by an order issued on October 13, 2011, he recounted.
He, however, said all the documents had been submiited to the Finance Department timely but the department has remained mute on the matter till today, he accused. The state Chief Minister has not yet given a positive response so far on the matter since the committee submitted a memorandum on September 15 last, he regretted.
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