Various associations of Government officers and employees of the tribal-dominated Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Sunday wholeheartedly welcomed the declarations made by the chief minister on the pious occasion of Independence Day.
The office-bearers of these associations said that even thogh the officers and employees who were scheduled to retire on August 31 would get benefits of the increase in service period by two years, but development works in the State would also get a boost with the dedicated service of the experienced Government servants.
District president of the clerical cadre Government employees’ union Bastar, Shiv Mishra said that the chief minister had taken various decisions in the interest of employees on various occasions. The clerical cadre employees welcomed the decision of the CM, he added.
Chhattisgarh State Health Employees Union State working president and divisional president of Bastar Division Joint Officers and Employees Sangharsh Morcha DK Parashar said that the employees were happy with the declaration made by the chief minister on the Independence Day.
Similarly, president of Gazetted Officers Union Alok Dave, Assistant Veterinary Field Officers Employes Union’s Kailash Chouhan, Ramakant Dwivedi and Chandrakant Panigrahi of Shikshak Congress, Gajendra Shrivastava of Class II Government Employees’ Union, Brijmohan Devangan and Basant Jain of laghuvetan Shashkiya KarmachariSangh, and office bearers of other organizations like Kotwar Sangh also welcomed the declaration of the chief minister.
These associations urged the chief minister to give four-level pay-scale and encouragement allowance as risk coverage to all the Government officers and employees posted in Bastar, so that could work with dedication.