Gram panchayat workers stage protest in Karnataka over unpaid wage

Members of the district unit of the Karnataka State Gram Panchayat Workers’ Affiliation affiliated to Middle of Indian commerce Unions (CITU) took out a protest march in Kalaburagi metropolis on November 24 urging the district authorities to resolve long-pending service points affecting invoice collectors, clerk-cum–information entry operators and sanitation staff serving in gram panchayats throughout Kalaburagi district in Karnataka.

Affiliation State unit president Nagaraj Bangur and State secretary Gaibu Jainekhan stated that though many workers have been serving for 25 to 30 years, they’re battling unpaid salaries, denial of promotions and an absence of fundamental work services.

A number of employees members haven’t obtained salaries for the final 25–30 months. Although the federal government has directed native our bodies to pay 40% of salaries from tax assortment, gram panchayats have allegedly not cleared arrears, pushing workers into extreme monetary misery, Mr. Bangur alleged.

Expressing concern over delay in approving service information, Mr. Bangur stated that, as per a authorities order, all gram panchayat workers appointed earlier than 31-10-2017 have to be authorised by the zilla panchayat, however many recordsdata are pending. Workers appointed on compassionate grounds are additionally working as tax collectors with very low wages, he added.

The affiliation accused the zilla panchayat of unnecessarily delaying promotions, regardless that a provisional listing for Secretary Grade-2 and Second Division Accounts Assistant posts was ready a yr in the past.