Govt staff demand 51% fitment, revival of old pension scheme

Hyderabad: A joint action committee (JAC) of Telangana employees, gazetted officers, teachers, workers, and pensioners on Tuesday adopted resolutions, with the most important among them being a 51% fitment, release of four pending dearness allowances, revival of the old pension scheme (OPS), release of pending bills, and an early solution to unscientific transfers done as per GO 317.
The JAC meeting also demanded that chief minister A Revanth Reddy invite them for talks to solve their long-pending demands. As many as 42 demands have been listed by JAC at its meeting held at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram. The JAC claims it has 10 lakh members, including govt employees, gazetted officers, teachers, pensioners, contract, and outsourcing workers.
Enquiries by TOI revealed that the Congress govt would require 12,500 crore per annum if it conceded the demand for the 51% fitment, leaving alone other demands, including pending bills of employees, which account for another 4,000 crore. CM Revanth Reddy had held a meeting with the employees and teachers in March last and promised to address their issues.
JAC chairman Maram Jagadeeswar said that the state govt should fix the fitment keeping in view the inflation. The prices of essential commodities and the cost of living on all fronts have increased. "The govt should ask the Second PRC report headed by former finance secretary N Siva Shankar to be submitted to it immediately, as the consultation process with employees, teachers, and other associations was over long back, and implement the PRC at the earliest," he said.