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Regularise daily wage jobs, KPTCL told Express News ServiceFirst Published : 12 Jun 2010 04:32:53 AM ISTLast Updated : 12 Jun 2010 10:53:18 AM IST BANGALORE: The Karnataka State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has ordered the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (KPTCL) to regularise the jobs of 840 daily wage employees and hand them permanent posts. The order issued on Friday by the commission’s chairman Nehru C Olekar, added that of the 840 employees (64 per cent of whom are SC/STs, and the rest belong to backward classes), the ones below 47 years of age should immediately be given permanent posts and also hike the salaries of those above 47 years of age. Representing the employees, advocate Rupesh said that for the last 30 years, these employees have been carrying out jobs of sweeper, attendant and sometimes also doubling up as linemen. Before 1998, these people were drawing a salary of Rs 3,100, but after 1998, it has been reduced to 2,600, he added. He also said that most were temporary employees, however, they ended up doing more than their expected share of work. Since they are working on a temporary basis, the higher officers take them for granted, he added. Rupesh said that in November 2007, KPTCL had constituted a committee to look into the state of the daily wage employees, and in July 2008, it had recommended permanent jobs for people below the age of 47 years and to increase the salary of those above 47 years of age. However, no such thing has happened, he said. Defending KPTCL, additional chief secretary, Energy Department, K Jairaj said that although their committee had given recommendations, they could not implement them as there was a Supreme Court order in the case of State of Karnataka vs Uma Devi. The SC order categorically states that public employment will be affected if the suggestion (regularising jobs of daily wage employees, hiking their salaries) is implemented, Jairaj added. However, we have asked the SC/ST commission to give us two months’ time so that the KPTCL committee can decided on the matter. We have also asked for 15 days to fix the amount of increment. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
