The postal workers and employees of the Odisha Circle staged a demonstration during lunch hour on Friday in order to mount pressure on the Central Government for immediate settlement of their long-pending issues.
The demands included withdrawal of the orders freezing the DA and DR of CG employees and pensioners and impounding of arrears till 30.06.2021; scrapping the New Pension Scheme and restoration of OPS; granting compensation for non deposit or delayed deposit of contribution under NPS; special CL for the Covid treatment/quarantine; vaccination of the employees on priority basis; regularisation of absence due to lockdown; compensation of Rs l0 lakh to the family of the deceased due to Covid-19; filling all vacant posts in all cadres including HSG11and HSG1 by relaxing the recruitment rules;
settling network connectivity issues in POs, RMS and other departmental offices; settling issue of denial of increment after 180 days to those officials who opted the fixation on promotion/financial upgradation etc;
implementation of all left out recommendations of Kamlesh Chandra Committee report; cadre restructuring in all left out categories; stopping harassment of officials in the name of unscientific business targets and compelling the officials to work on Sundays and holidays for melas etc; withdrawal of the Rule 365 of Postal manual volume IV regarding yearly examination, among others.