Thousands of retired employees and teachers under the banner of the Retired Employees’ and Teachers’ Forum would hold a demonstration here on February 5 against the State Government’s callous attitude in fulfilling their various demands.
Forum president Sarat Chandra Dash informed this while addressing a Press meet here on Tuesday. Dash said the State Government is flouting the direction of the Seventh Pay Fitment Committee to resolve their problems and failed to fulfil their demands through discussions even after direction.
He also said that even if 70, 000 retired employees and teachers have written to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to fulfil their demands, the Government is turning a deaf ear to the demands.
Even if the Central Government has decided to provide a minimum of Rs 9,000 as pension to the retired staffs and teachers, the State Government is giving Rs 8,300, which is ridiculous, Dash added. Among others, forum general secretary Lokanath Rath, Durga Charan Nayak, Surjyamani Tripathy, Biswanath Panda, Ajay Kumar Sahu, Ajay Kumar Nayak and Shyam Sundar Khadanga were present at the Press conference.