CIC operators of RDD demand regularisation, hike in honourium

Srinagar, June 15 (KNS): Community information centre operators of Rural Development Department has been awaiting for regularization of their services despite appointed on merit basis through proper recruitment procedure.

A group of CIC operators while talking to news agency-Kashmir News Service said that they are facing a lot of hardships to feed their families on a meagre salary of Rs 10, 000 per month and also could not provide proper education to their children. 

"We have been appointed on merit basis through proper recruitment procedure by District Level Committees constituted by the Government of J&K headed by Deputy Commissioners of concerned Districts in the year 2004," they said.

They said that in the year 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Government passed a cabinet order to formulate a proposal for the regularizations of 172 CIC Operators in the Rural Development Department J&K following which in the year 2016 the government through its cabinet decision created 172 Data Entry Operators for regularization of their services vide Govt. Order No. 320-RD & PR of 2016 dated 14.12.2016.

"In the year 2017, the Empowered Committee of J&K Government vide its 58th Meeting dated 22.03.2017 and 60th Meeting dated 12-10-2017 headed by Principle Secretary, Finance Department J&K cleared our cases for regularization under Special Provision Act 2010. The recommendations have also been communicated to Department of RD & PR by the Finance Department J&K for issuing regularization orders as Data Entry Operators vide O.M No. PS/DC/Misc-353/14 dated 22-05-2017, O.M. No. PS/SC/Misc-374/14 dated 24-01-2018 and O.M No.PS/DC/Misc-353/14 dated 01-06-2014," they added.

They further said that the file has got consent from Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Department and also got consent from the Advocate General of J&K for regularization of all 172 CIC Operators, however, till date no regularization order has been issued.

"We are living a miserable life, if all the formalities are completed with regard to regularization of 172 CIC operators working in Rural Development Department then why UT Administration is playing ducks and drakes game for issuance of our regularization orders?," they questioned while appealing the LG Led administration to personally intervene into the matter. (KNS)

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