By Special Correspondent
Bhopal: The Mantralaya Sewa Adhikari Karamchari Sangh has announced an agitation over several long-pending demands of officials and staff working in the Madhya Pradesh Secretariat. In a press release, association president Sudhir Nayak said many legitimate demands and problems of employees have remained unresolved for years despite repeated representations and meetings with authorities.
He said that while employees across the state have already been granted the fourth time-scale pay grade, Secretariat officials and staff are still deprived of it. The General Administration Department had issued instructions on March 9, 2020, directing departments to resolve the matter by granting time-scale pay along with higher designations, similar to the State Administrative Service. However, the department itself has not implemented the order even after five years.
Nayak also highlighted other issues, including non-implementation of the cashless health insurance scheme, pending seventh pay scale for permanent workers and unresolved matters concerning outsourced and contingency staff. The association plans to launch a protest over its 19-point charter of demands, with dates to be announced soon.
