A joint delegation of State Government officers and employees met Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh on Thursday and thanked him for the historical decision of extending the retirement age of Government employees from 60 years to 62 years.
Delegation member said that Chhattisgarh is the first State, where Chief Minister has shown the kindness to take such an important decision. This has stirred joy among the families of lakhs of Government employees.
On the occasion, delegation of Officers-Employees Mega Union also handed over a memorandum to CM regarding their various demands from State Government.
In the memorandum, State officers and employees demanded that they should be provided pay-scale at four different levels i.e. 7 years, 17 years, 24 years and 30 years, during their entire s ervice period.
They requested State Government to release the additional instalment of 10 per cent dearness allowance i.e. at par with Central Government employees, by July 1.
They also demanded that other allowances should also be revised and made at par with the central employees.Chief Minister assured them that their demands will be considered and deliberated upon. Union President Subhash Mishra, State Employee Union Regional President and State Spokesperson of Federation Virendra Namdeo, Regional President of Teachers Congress Anil Shukla, Regional President of Grade-III Employee Union Cl Sahu, State President of Patwari Sangh Kamlesh Rajpoot, Regional President of
Apax Mahendra Verma, Regional President of Teachers Federation Rakesh Chatterjee, Veterinary Field Officer Union General Secretary Aditya Mishra, General Secretary Diploma Engineers Union PK Namdeo, State Grade-III Employee Union District President Idrish Khan, Pradeep Bogi from Health Employees Union and other leaders of employee unions were also present in the delegation.