Sixth pay commission: State roadways employees withdraw strike call

Dehradun, Dec 16 (PTI) Uttarakhand state roadways employees today withdrew their call for indefinite strike after the government assured them to look into various demands including extending the benefits of sixth pay commission.

The employees decided not to go ahead with their proposed indefinite strike from today as the government has assured them in writing that benefits of sixth pay commission would be extended to them very soon, said Vijay Mamgain, General Secretary of Employees Federation.

Mamgain said the government has also agreed on the employees demand that the benefits of sixth pay commission would be implemented with retrospective effect from January 2006.

Source: PTI

Sixth Pay Commission: BUTA meets MSU V-C, seeks expedition of 6th pay rules

VADODARA: Members of Baroda University Teachers Association (BUTA) met M S University's vice-chancellor (V-C) Ramesh Goyal on Monday, requesting him to start expediting the process to implement Sixth Pay Commission as per University Grants
Commission's (UGC) recommendations.

BUTA representatives met Goyal after the state government agreed to implement Sixth Pay Commission recommendation in totality. "We urged the V-C to start the process of implementing recommendations so that teachers get their December salary in January as per sixth pay scale. Goyal has assured us that administrative process will begin soon."

BUTA also discussed the long-pending demand of conducting interviews under career advancement schemes (CAS) in faculties, where promotions are due for a long time," said general secretary of BUTA Dr RC Patel.

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