The coal mines officers union members are continuing protest by wearing black badges and holding demonstrations against pay and other anomalies created by a recent order of the Union Coal Ministry which scrapped coal fields allowances, leave travel concession and llTC.
On Tuesday, a candlelight rally was organised here by lakhanpur Area Staff Officers Association along with a protest meeting. Association General Secretary AP Shukla in the protest meeting said that pay revision of coalfields officers is normally done every ten years through a Board meeting. last pay revision was done in January 2007 and hence, the same has become due in January 2017.