The agitating non-teaching staff of State universities have finally decided to and their strike and resume work from Monday. The decision was taken after Governor Syed Ahmed requested these employees to end their strike on Saturday.
Kamalji, a non-teaching staff of Vinoba Bhave University (VBU) said, “The Governor would listen to our woes if we call off our strike. It is because of this humble attitude of our Governor that Jharkhand Non-Teaching Staff Association (JNTSA) General Secretary Shivji Tiwari declared to end this strike which began on February 19.”
Employees of VBU, Ranchi University, Sido Kanhu Murmu University, Kolhan University and Nilamber Pitamber University were on strike demanding fulfilment of their demand.
Including the demand of giving them as per the fifth pay, sixth pay commission (as applicable) and other career facilities. JNTSA had been on strike in 2007 and 2010 as well.
Colleges affiliated to these universities had been facing hurdles in managing the administrative works like issuing of migration certificate and admit cards.
Assisting the laboratory work and carrying out the files to offices within the universities was also a difficulty because of absence of the third and fourth grade employees who were a part of this strike.
It is to be noticed that majority of the state universities non-teaching staffs had returned to work on May 1.The deadline set by the Human Resource Department (HRD) for the employees to resume their works.
The HRD department had agreed to fulfill the demands of clearing pending fifth and sixth pay commission and other promotion benefits to these employees.