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| An open letter to the chairman sub committee for negotiation with EJAC | | Has Govt taken a call to raise retirement age of its employees? | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 27: Ultimately the government seems to succumb to the pressure mounted by the Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) who are vehemently pressing for extension of retirement age to 60 from 58.
It is apprehended that government may accede to their demand without having any insight to the repercussion likely to erupt in its backdrop. Millions of unemployed and idle educated youth are closely and jealously watching the development.
There is a tangible frustration among the unemployed educated youth for not finding any avenues of recruitment and indifferent attitude of government towards their problems.
On the contrary government is adhering to the appeasing policy towards their employees for the inherent reason of gathering their sympathy to rig the upcoming elections.
Even to the common man there seems no logic and justification in the employees' demand for enhancing the age of retirement except that the rule is in vogue at the centre. But the fact must not be lost sight of that at the centre there are abundant job avenues in the private sector and youth are drawn towards that sector because of the lucrative and handsome emoluments.
So there is least apprehension of any public resentment and revolt against the system.
Secondly the plea that the delaying tactics in the recruitment policy by the government debars the aspirant from gaining the early job security and qualify for further pensionary benefits, has lost its credibility by the new recruitment policy of government whereby the pensionary benefits have been denied to the recruits, recruited after January 2010.
However, employees recruited prior to that are allowed the pension after retirement.
To compensate the late recruitees some other corrective measures could be followed instead of enhancing the retirement age at the cost of millions of unemployed youth.
Thirdly what about the employees who have retired and would retire immediately prior to the month, the deadline would be fixed for enhancing the retirement age. Would it not amount injustice to them?
Now, an apt moral instance is quoted in favour of opposing the employees' demand for enhancement of retirement age.
In England, an official whole performing his official duty forgot to remember the placement of his writing pen on the table among the papers, offered his resignation from the service with the remarks that - he was no more fit for continuing on the post because of his forgetfulness. Such was his moral courage.
Sp if government accedes to the employees demand, it will further create two hostile classes, one of the unemployed educated youth and second of the aggrieved retired employees who would miss the benefit of extended retirement age.
It is a matter of serious consideration for both the parties at the helm of affairs, agitating employees and the government. |
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