MASS DEMONSTRATION in front of Secretariat Gate on 30.12.2015

The Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association, Andaman and Nicobar Islands organised a Mass Demonstration throughout the islands as part of the nationwide protest programme demanding improvement and rejection of retrograde recommendations of the 7^th Central Pay Commission. At Port Blair the demonstration was organised in front of the Secretariat Gate. Speaking on the occasion Shri T.S.Sreekumar, General Secretary of the Association gave the details of the 26-point Charter of Demands which was submitted to the Chief Secretary, Andaman and Nicobar Admn. for its onward transmission to the Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India. He divulged facts and figures behind the calculation of minimum pay of Rs18000/- by the 7^th CPC and asked the government to increase it to atleast 26000/- as was demanded by the JCM Staff Side. Shri T.S.Sreekumar also briefed the gathering regarding other demands like revision of pay matrix, revision of rate of increment to 5%, regularisation of casual/daily rated employees, exclusion of central govt. employees from the ambit of New Pension Scheme etc., Addressing the gathering Shri S.N.Mishra, Vice President of the Association gave details of the future course of action of the National Joint Council of Action in which three-day Dharna programme will be organised all over the country on 19^th, 20^th & 21^st January, 2016. He further informed about the NJCAs decision to go on indefinite strike if the demands are not settled by the 1^st Week of February, 2016. Shri Anand Raj, Secretary, Secretariat Sub-Committee also explained the details of cadre parity and demanded upgradation of all LGCs as HGCs and urged the employees to be united for the achievement of the demands. The demonstration was attended by hundreds of govt. employees from various departments in South Andaman area. The demonstration was led by Shri R.Rajendran, G.Sujathan, G.P.Mondal, R.Surendran Pillai among others.

At Diglipur, Mass Demonstration was organised in front of AC Office, North Andaman where a large number of employees attended the programme. Shri G.C.Dey, Shri S.Arumugam and Shri N.K.Paul spoke on the occasion. At Rangat, a massive demonstration was organised in front of AC Office, Middle Andaman. Hundreds of govt. employees of the area participated in the demonstration. Shri Suresh Kumar, Natarajan, Ali Akbar, Sashidharan and Chandran addressed the gathering. Similar programmes were organised in other parts of the islands.