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Public sector employees take to streets for pay hike
Opposing the alleged discrimination and double standards adopted by the State government, the AP Public Sector Employees’ Federation organised a huge rally and dharna in Vijayawada on Sunday.
Vijayawada: Opposing the alleged discrimination and double standards adopted by the State government, the AP Public Sector Employees’ Federation organised a huge rally and dharna in Vijayawada on Sunday.
Hundreds of employees of various departments from across the State took part in the rally held between Tummalpalli Kalakshetram and Alankar Centre, and raised slogans against the “step motherly treatment” of the State government over the issues of public sector and cooperative sector employees.
They staged a demonstration at Dharna Chowk demanding the implementation of the 10th Pay Revision Scale (PRC), enhancing the retirement age to 60 years, besides scrapping GO 112 and regularisation of outsourcing and contract employees.
Addressing the gathering, CITU State general secretary and former MLA M A Gafoor came down heavily on the State government alleging that the government was not attending to the grievances of public sector employees and lower cadre employees.
“The government has come forward to give hefty pay hike to legislators, but it did not agree to implementation of 10th PRC in case of public sector employees,” he lamented.
Demanding the government to scrap GO 112, AP Public Sector Employees Federation State general secretary M Janardhana Reddy said there was no rationale in linking enhancement of retirement age with that of other administrative issues.
The GO states that the government would enhance the retirement age limit to 60 years in public sector companies only after dividing the assets and liabilities of Schedule 9 and 10 corporations of the AP Reorganisation Act between AP and Telangana.
The government should apply same yardstick to all its employees without discriminating public sector employees against State government’s, he said.
