06-05-2025
Govt sets up panel to talk to govt employees on resolving demands, avoid agitation
Hyderabad: The state govt on Tuesday constituted a committee of three senior IAS officers to hold talks with Telangana Govt Employees Joint Action Committee (TGEJAC) and submit a report within seven department principal secretary Navin Mittal will head the committee which also includes panchayat raj department secretary Lokesh Kumar and Transco chairman and MD Krishna JAC has threatened to launch agitations from May 15 to press for their demands. JAC chairman Maram Jagadeeshwar and secretary general Eluri Sreenivasa Rao thanked the CM for constituting the committee. The meeting will be held on Wednesday from 4 committee will hold consultations with recognised employee associations and other stakeholders, and identify and categorise pending TGEJAC, comprising 206 unions, had issued an ultimatum to the govt on Sunday to fulfil at least their main and long-pending demands from a charter of 57 demands. Failing this, they would start their agitation from May 15, including a pen-down strike, going on mass casual leaves, rallies and a huge meeting of employees, and direct action after June to JAC's agitation call, CM A Revanth Reddy had on Monday said the govt did not have money to fulfil their demands and appealed to them to cooperate. As a result, the JAC leaders said they were willing to wait for financially intensive demands but wanted immediate implementation of demands that do not cause a financial burden. Consequently, the govt constituted a committee on Tuesday to hold talks with the of the demands of the JAC include clearance of pending bills of Rs 10,000 crore, release of five dearness allowances, implementation of Employees' Health Protection Scheme (EHS), Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) be abolished, Pay Revision Committee report be obtained immediately and implemented with 51% fitment, GO 317 be implemented by creating additional posts based on local status, promotion committees be constituted in all departments in a timely manner; employees transferred during elections be reinstated and general transfers for 2025 be conducted in May/June.
