The Odisha Karmachari Sangram Samiti OKSS) has demanded implementation of the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations immediately in the State.
The State Government is delaying the process of executing 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations in the name of a fitment committee, OKSS secretary general Pravat Mohanty said at a Press meet here on Wednesday. .
“We have been demanding implementation of the pay panel’s Commission’s recommendations since long. The OKSS also called a strike on September 20 at its 6th State Convention demanding removal of irregularities in the 6th Pay Commission’s recommendations and implementation of those of the 7th Pay Commission,” Mohanty pointed out.
He also said that though the Chief Minister has set up a fitment committee for implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations for the State’s employees and pensioners, the recommendations could be implemented straightaway.
OKSS members also demanded implementation of the commission’s recommendations without any discrimination between employees and higher-level officers.
The members also demanded withdrawal of the contractual posts of Junior Assistants, Junior Clerks and other such levels of employees in all the departments.
OKSS chairman Madhusudan Mallick, vice-chairman Natabar Acharya, Upendra Pati, Mihir Narayan Jena, Saroj Mallick, Prashanta Patnaik, Rashmi Ranjan Padhy, Pradipta Samantray and Subrata Mohanty were present, among others.