Injustice Meted Out with LGCs and HGCs

NEWS ITEM

The National Council Meeting of the Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers, New Delhi, held on 1st December, 2010 at Mumbai, has decided again to bring to the notice of the Government of India the injustice meted out to the cadres of Lower Division Clerks and Upper Division Clerks by the 6th Central Pay Commission. The National Council Meeting noted that while the Notice Servers in the Income Tax Department and the Postmen in Postal Department are given higher pay and Grade Pay, the LDCs are assigned with lesser Grade Pay even though the minimum educational qualification for recruitment in their case has been stipulated to be 10+2 whereas those who are assigned with higher grade pay has to have only matriculation for the initial recruitment. The National Council Meeting of the Confederation has decided that the Government must be asked to upgrade all existing Lower Division Clerks and Upper Division Clerks or equivalent cadres in all Government Departments either as Executive Assistants with Grade Pay of Rs4200/- as recommended by the 6th CPC or assign them with the Grade Pay of atleast Rs.2800/- if such whole scale up-gradation in any department is considered not feasible. The Non-Gazetted Government Officers' Association, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which is affiliated to the Confederation, has been demanding up-gradation of the pay of Lower Grade Clerks and Higher Grade Clerks working in these islands for the last several years.

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(D.Ayyappan)

General Secretary