Team of leaders visit North and Middle Andaman

          A team of leaders of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association undertook a visit to North and Middle Andaman District from 20^th to 23^rd February, 2014.  The team which comprised Shri Sadanand Rai, President, Shri D. Ayyappan, General Secretary and Shri TS Sreekumar, Assistant General Secretary, visited Diglipur, Mayabunder,  Billiground and Rangat and addressed a series of meetings of government employees in those areas.   Addressing these meetings, Shri Sadanand Rai, President exhorted the employees to strengthen the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association to fight for achieving various pending demands and also to protect the benefits already achieved through agitations over the years.  Addressing the employees in  these meetings, Shri D. Ayyappan, General Secretary  came down  heavily on the central government  for  not conceding various genuine and rightful demands of the  central government employees like (1) merger of 50%of  DA with pay which was due from 1.1.2011, (ii) declaring Interim Relief (3) removal of  ban on creation of posts and recruitment, etc.   He said that the Interim Budget presented in the Lok Sabha by the Union Finance Minister did not indicate any of the issues relating to the government employees.   Shri TS Sreekumar, Asst. General Secretary, while addressing these meetings, explained the steps taken by the Association to resolve various demands of the teachers of the Education Department.   Government employees in all the above areas brought to the notice of the leaders the difficulties being faced by them in their respective areas and sought their help to resolve it.   Shri D. Ayyappan, General Secretary assured the employees that their grievances will be brought to the notice of the authorities concerned.