PHED work charged employees stick to stand
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 22 2024:
Joint Coordinating Committee of PHED Workers and Employees' Organisation Manipur, and All Manipur PHED Employees and Workers' Union demanded the state government to honour rights of the work charged employees by giving confirmation of their service.
Addressing a press meet at Manipur Press Club here on Thursday, B Gunamani, one of the representatives, said that as per order of the finance department dated January 22, 2001, all work charged employees of engineering departments such as PHED, PWD, WRD, MID and power, shall be given service confirmation after completion of 10 years of service.
Consequently, employees of other departments have been given work charged confirmation except for PHED even though it has been 24 years since they joined service and attend office even on Sunday being part of the essential service.
As per Terminal Benefit for Work Charged Staff of PWD, IFCD, PHED, MI and Electricity Rules, 1978, work charged employees with 20 years of service after confirmation will be provided pension and gratuity facilities.
Unfortunately, the work charged employees of PHED are on the verge of losing these facilities, he said while demanding the government to fulfil their demands at the earliest.
He also cited the directive of the High Court of Manipur, dated February 6, asking the government to fulfil the demands of the 346 work charged employees within three months.