In a significant move, the AAP Government has initiated the process to penalise 30-odd HODs/Secretaries who have either failed to pay wages to their contractual employees on time or have not submitted the requisite details to the office of the Chief Secretary in the national Capital.
The decision has been taken after review meeting early this week by Chief Secretary KK Sharma. After that, the labour Department has started issuing notices to these Secretaries/HODs, stating that they will be facing a 10 per cent cut in their basic salaries for not implementing the Delhi Government's decision related to timely release of wages to their contractual employees.
The Delhi Cabinet had earlier passed a proposal that HoDs/Principal Secretaries/Secretaries would be held responsible for delay of salary to contractual employees and it directed to release salaries by 7th of every month and submit compliance report to chief secretary office by 15th of every month.
Top sources said of the 101 Departments in Delhi, Chief Secretary KK Sharma is said to have directed the labour Department to issue notices to 30 Departments for non-payment of wages on time and also for non-furnishing of the said requisite information.
At a high-level meeting, the Chief Secretary directed that the defaulter departments should send their replies within three days and also mark a copy of the same to the labour Department," said sources.
The Cabinet had said in case of failure of timely disbursement of wages, the HODs or Secretaries shall themselves be liable for imposition of penalty equal to deduction of pay up to 10 per cent of their basic salary for that particular month. The Cabinet had also said the officers would be heard before any such penalty is imposed on them.
Among the Departments which have not disbursed wages on time and have also not given reasons for the delay are Delhi Khadi and Village Board, Delhi Agriculture Marketing Board, Gurudwara Elections Director, Delhi State Civil Supply Corporation limited, District Magistrate New Delhi, Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Department of SC/ ST/ OBC/ Minority, Weights and Measures and Meterology Department.
The list of 22 departments which did not send their response to the CS Office till June 30 include Public Grievance Commission, three BJP-led municipal corporations, DJB Secretary, PWD Engineer-in-Chief, Women and Child Development Secretaryt Health and Family Welfare Secretary and Director General of Prisons.
Reports said among the Departments which have either released full wages or made part payments to contractual workers are Delhi Finance Corporation, Education, Power, DSIIDC, DTC, Commission of OBC, labour, DUSIB, Transport, Food Safety and Drug Contro, lok Nayak Hospital, Forest and Wildlife, Information Technology, Revenue, Prison Headquarters, Health, Delhi Fire Service, Directorate of Vigilance, Forensic Science laboratory, Weights and Measures Department, Directorate of Prosecution, NDMC, Tourism, DTTDC, Chief Electoral Office, Home Guards, Delhi Commission for Women, Delhi Minority Commission and Sindhi, Hindi and Punjabi Academies.