The Joint Action Committee of Employees, Teachers, Workers and Pensioners, Andhra Pradesh, has demanded the State government to constitute the 10th Pay Revision Commission (PRC) and withdraw G.O No 142, which was dealing with inequalities of salaries of employees in the 9th PRC recommendations.
Speaking to media persons here on Tuesday, JAC chairman V. Gopal Reddy said that the term of the 9th PRC would be completed by June 2013, and the 10th PRC should come into effect from July 1, 2013. He said that the state government has appointed a one- man commission of RM Gonela on March 7 in the name of removing the anomalies in the ninth PRC. He alleged the government was trying to delay the constitution of the 10th PRC by appointing the one- man commission on 9th PRC. He urged the state government to convert the one- man commission as 10th PRC. He demanded the government to immediately issue order on 10th PRC, finalize it’s report within a stipulated time, and implement the report from July 2013.
JAC Deputy secretary general, P. Ashok Babu said that the JAC state office bearers meeting was held on March 19, chaired by V. Gopal Reddy, and several resolutions were adopted in the meeting. He demanded the state government to set up a separate trust for maintaining Employees’ Health Scheme and immediately issue order to frame rules and regulations of the scheme. He also demanded that aided education institutions employees’ and government undertaking institutions employees should be brought under Employees’ Health Scheme. He alleged that the government has adopted indifferent attitude towards its employees.
JAC co-chairman K. Narsimha Reddy said that the JAC would meet again on April 22 at UTF building at Domalguda to discuss their problems and chalk out future course of action. He threatened that if the government failed to resolve their demands before April 22, they would launch agitation across the state.
JAC co-chairmen P. Venkat Reddy, S. Narayana, M. Janardhan Reddy, Subba Reddy, Raghurama Reddy and joint secretary B. V. Satyanarayana were also present. (NSS)