A meeting of the left-out
categories of teachers viz., Head Masters, Librarians, Craft Instructors,
Physical Education Teachers, Music Teachers, PSRTs, Lab. Assistants, etc. was held at 4 p.m. today (23.08.2014) at Port
Blair in which the issue relating to
the grant of Part-B upgraded grade pay
to the above categories of teachers was discussed.
The meeting through a resolution adopted noted that the Non-Gazetted
Govt. Officers’ Association has been requesting the A & N Administration
and the Govt. of India to extend the Part B upgraded pay to all the above
left-out categories of teachers and miscellaneous teachers working under the
Education Department of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration. The above categories of teachers and miscellaneous teachers whose
scales of pay was at par with the PGTs, GTTs and PSTs as the case may be, till the
implementation of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, have been denied of
the benefit of upgraded Pay under Part B of CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 on the plea
that the above posts have not been specifically mentioned in the said rules.
The meeting discussed the entire gamut
of the issue and came to the conclusion that the
correspondences made by this Association
did not evoke any positive
response either from the A & N
Administration or from the Govt. of India,
thereby keeping the above
categories of teachers, numbering about 850, denied of their rightful benefit
of upgraded pay.
The meeting noted that the
above categories of teachers working in other union territories including Govt
of NCT of Delhi and central government schools have been allowed the upgraded
pay under Part B and only in A & N Islands, the said benefits have been
denied to these categories of teachers.
The meeting, after a lengthy
discussion, had come to the conclusion that there is no alternative left than
resorting to agitation as the persuasion and making correspondences during the
last six years did not bring any solution to the issue. The meeting noted that the 7th
Central Pay Commission has been set up and its recommendations are likely to be
submitted to the Govt. of India next year. If this issue is not resolved now,
the above categories of teachers will be deprived of the benefit
permanently.
The meeting accordingly, decided to
carry out peaceful agitation by mobilizing teachers especially all the left-out
categories of teachers working under the Education Department of A & N
Administration to press for the above demand.
Shri HL Prasad, Vice President,
Shri D. Ayyappan, General Secretary, Shri TS Sreekumar, Asst. General Secretary,
Shri R. Surendran Pillai, Secretary, Shri Venkat Rama Rao, Vice President and
Shri SL Vinjit, Joint Secretary of South Andaman Teachers’ Branch of the
Association addressed the meeting. Shri
Rajeshwar Velu presided over the meeting.
A large number of teachers working in the
schools of Port Blair and South Andaman areas who are deprived of the above
benefit attended the meeting and participated in the discussion.
