Hyderabad, October 02: Around 5.70 lakh out of 10.32 lakh State Government employees have been denied their September month salaries.
The 12-day emoluments for September have not been paid, so far, to the Telangana employees joined the Sakala Janulu Samme or the people’s general strike from September 13. But back in Secretariat all most all have received their pay and about 16 to 17 personnel from the Information and Public Relations Department were not paid.
The N Kiran Kumar Reddy Government had announced recently that under ‘No Work No Pay’ Rule the 12-day salaries of the agitating employees would be credited to their accounts. But so far, according to official sources, the remittance process has not begun. The employees have expressed anger for non-payment of salaries, especially in view of two festivals Dassera and Deepavali celebrations this month.
However, those working in the police and law departments have received their pay on Saturday. Some employees in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy district too received their salaries. However, employees belonging to other departments were yet to be paid as the district treasuries remained closed following the strike by their staff and officers in districts.
Confusion prevailed over the remittances of salaries as the accounts of each and every employee have to be calculated on the basis of their basic salary and deductions. There was also confusion as to who would draw the funds from the district treasury offices. Further, the officials maintaining the rolls too reportedly did not present a clear picture of how many persons worked and abstained.
——-Agencies