Universities non-teaching staff withdraw agitation, for now
DHANBAD: Agitating non-teaching staff of state’s all seven universities have given 10-day ultimatum to government to either implement their long pending 7-point demand by December 15 or face work boycott.
After holding two-day (December 5-6) dharna outside Raj Bhawan, the agitating nonteaching staff on Thursday decided to paralyse office work in universities and colleges by sitting on fast onto death from December 18 if the state government does not finalise their demands.
Anil Kumar, president of Jharkhand State Universities and Colleges non-Teaching Staff Federation (JSUCNTSF), the frontal organisation of all seven universities’ non-teaching staff, said no option has been left except to go on fast onto death as government did not take cognizance of our agitation so far.
“Non-teaching staff would sit on fast onto death at their respective university and college from December 18 if government does not implement the demands in 10 days (December 15). State government and authorities of higher education department would be responsible for mess in universities and colleges due to fast unto death programme of employees,” said Kumar after meeting of all universities representatives at Ranchi on Thursday afternoon.
Besides president Anil Kumar, JSUCNTSF general secretary Sudarshan Pandey, Ranchi University general secretary Krishna Kumar, Sido Kanhu Murmu University general secretary Ashok Yadav and Kolhan University general secretary Uday Kant Mishra addressed the dharna outside governor house.
Seven points demand of nonteaching employees are fixation of 5th and 6th pay commission to left out staff, immediate payment of 5th pay commission arrear, implementation of 7th pay scale from January 2016, pension benefit to teachers appointed after 2004 and extension of retirement age to 62 years from 60 years.