The members belonging to Uttaranchal Federation of Ministerial Services Association raised demand for removal of pay disparity between ministerial employees and other cadres during the fifth biennial provincial convention which was organised at Yamuna Colony here on Friday.
Addressing the convention, Chief Minister Harish Rawat assured the Ministerial employees that their genuine demands would be addressed.
He said that he would ask the finance department to look into the pay disparity between ministerial employees and other cadres.
Rawat said that the State Government has accepted three out of four demands of ministerial employees of collectorate but it is unfortunate that
they are still continuing with their strike.
Speaking on the occasion the State president of the association TS Pundeer said that the ministerial employees who form the back bone of the administration are feeling neglected. He said the repeated neglect by the government is affecting efficiency of ministerial employees.
Pundeer said that apart from rectification in the grade pays the ministerial employees should be provided Transport allowance and the computer allowance should be increased.
The association demands that the minimum educational qualification for the post of junior assistant should be raised to Graduate
level and after a service of two years they should be adjusted in pay band of Rs5,200-20200 with Grade pay of Rs2,800. Similarly the pay band of senior assistant should be Rs9,300-3,4800 with grade pay of Rs4,200.
The other demands of the association are that the post of Senior Administrative Officers should be given a grade pay of Rs5,400 and Principal Administrative Officers should be adjusted in the grade pay of Rs6,600. The convention was attended by the members from all the district and divisional units of the ministerial employees.