The association of Class IV workers of the health department has threatened to lock the State health directorate if its demand of departmental promotion to class IV workers is not accepted soon.
A meeting of the association was organised at the Office of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Dehradun on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion the State President of the association Manwar Singh Negi said that the department should get prepared for agitation of class IV workers from July 13 if their demands are not accepted.
He said that the department is sitting over the process of promotions despite of the fact that Supreme Court has ordered for the same on October 10, 2014. The district President of the association Nelson Kumar Arora said that resentment is brewing among the class IV workers of health department due the inordinate delay of about two years in the process of promotion.
He said that the typing test for the promotion should be conducted by the department by July 7 failing which the employees would have no option but to start an agitation. He said that the association is firm on its decision to lock the health directorate and the department would be solely responsible for any problem due to the agitation.
The association has decided that class IV workers would wear black arm bands and hold dharnas out the health directorate from July 8 to 11 and would hold gherao of directorate on July 12.
On July 13 the association has threatened to lock the health directorate.