More than 300 lecturers and employees under the banner All Odisha 662 Non-Government College Teachers and Employees Association (AONGlEA) held a rally and protest meeting in front of the Collector’s office here on Friday to press for grant-in-aid (GIA) and all service conditions, besides sorting out of anomalies in GIA 2008 Order.
leading the agitation, AONGlEA general secretary Sudhir Kumar Mohanty urged the Government to keep its words made in August to implement a new GIA policy for the 662 category colleges and fulfil other demands.
“If our demands were not met before the Budget Session of Assembly, we will be forced to boycott examination and valuation works,” threatened Mohanty.
Association president Sukanta Kumar Mohanty described the difficulties faced by the college staff members under the prevalent Block Grant system.
The Jharsuguda unit of the college employees’ body also staged demonstration and protest meeting in front of the district Collector’s office on Friday, demanding GIA with service conditions to all employees under 662 category as per 1969 GIA policy and eradication of anomalies in 2008 GIA order. The protestors threatened to boycott the annual examinations in colleges starting in February and later, the valuation works if their demands were not met soon.
Association members took out a rally from Kishan Chowk to the collectorate and submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister through the district administration.
Employees’ Association district president Santosh Kumar Patel, general secretary Madhusudan Balwataraya and Sudhanu Sekhar Purohit led the delegation for submission of the memorandum.
Members of the Gajapati unit of the 662 (+2 and +3) Non-Government lecturers and Employees Association staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate here demanding GIA and service conditions.
The association submitted a memorandum to the Governor through ADM Dhrubaraj Pandey. Around 200 employees led by association president Anil Kumar Tripathy joined the demonstration.
They alleged that even though they have been on job for the last 25 years since 1990, yet they (lecturers) are getting lowest payment of just Rs 14,320 as monthly salary from January 1, 2014.