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| Is clerks' strike complex than Kashmir Issue? | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | May 29
When the government is out to make claims, they promise to resolve the vexed Kashmir issue in no time. How soon can one expect the resolution of Kashmir issue can well be gauged from the fact that the government has not been able to resolve the crisis arising out of the ongoing strike launched by the clerks of all departments.
The strike of clerks may have been an insignificant issue for the authorities at the helm of affairs but here is a small of account of what it is leading to. Hundreds of vehicles are running on the roads without registration numbers; thousands of job aspirants are not able to apply as they are not able to get certificates; many school kids are not able to pay their fees as their parents are not getting salaries –the list is too long to be accommodates in these columns.
The Kashmir issue has been lingering on since 60 years and it involves several stakes. However, the strike of clerks has been going on for past over two months and the issue is purely between the government and its employees – as simple as it is. Despite several rounds of discussions, the government has not been able to resolve the crisis.
In a rare show of unanimity the As many as 57,000 clerks drawn from almost departments and corporations had embarked on strike in the last week of March this year asking the government to remove the pay anomalies. Many in the government say that the clerks have taken a confrontational path by resorting to the strike. However, no one is looking into the matter that the issues on which the clerks have gone on strike have been lingering on since 1996.
Other cadres of the government staff in past ten to 15 years have got many pay hikes and grade revisions but the clerks have been allowed to stagnate even though they constitute the vital component of the administrative machinery. The representatives of the clerks say that they had to resort to pen down strike after making several representations to the government but of no avail.
Initially the government wanted the clerks to tire and resume duties but that did not happen. However, when the course of parleys was picked up the discussions have failed to reach any conclusion. The government has been promising the clerks to remove their pay anomalies along with the implementation of the sixth pay commission. The clerks are in no mood to budge and take this solution. They are of the contention that their pending issues should be resolved first and along with the pay commission recommendations they should get the fresh benefits. |
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