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| Chairman Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture writes to JK LG | | Seeks regularization of services of CIC operators in Rural Development Department | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 28: Chairman of a parliamentary standing committee has written to Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha and requested him to take up regularization of Community Information Centre (CIC) operators seriously as the same is pending for many years now.
Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) T G Venkatesh who is also Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture has shot in a letter to LG requesting him to take up the issue of regularization of CIC operators seriously and ensure that the matter is sorted out at the earliest.
“I write this letter to bring your kind notice that during the visit of the Committee in Srinagar from 21 to 23 January, 2021, a group of CIC Operators working in Rural Development Department met the Committee and requested us to take up the issue of regularization of which them which is long pending with the administration,” reads the letter written by T G Venkatesh dated 15-2-2021 under letter number 67/MP (RS)/2021.
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture seeks personal interference of Sinha so that the services of the CIC operators of Rural Development Department are regularized. “I seek your personal indulgence in the matter to sort out this issue.” He also mentions about the memorandum and writes he has written a copy of the memorandum from the CIC operators that met the Committee members.
It would be in place to mention that for the past six years or so a group of more than 170 highly qualified people are waiting for the regularization of their services in the Rural Development Department (RDD) but despite assurances there is no light at the end of the tunnel for them.
In October 2014 the then National Conference-Congress government of the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir issued an order directing shifting of Community Information Centre (CIC) operators from the Information Technology department to RDD. The cabinet order said the services of CIC operators would be regularized since they had completed 10 years of services at that time.
“For the past six years or so we have been waiting for the formal order of regularization, but the same has not been issued up to this moment of time. We fail to understand the delay in the same since each and everything has been finalized. The inordinate delay is adding to our anxiety with every passing day,” said a group of CIC operators while sharing views with Early Times.
The CIC operators were appointed by the district level committees formed by the government and headed by respective Deputy Commissioners in 2004.
They were paid Rs. 5,500 as monthly remuneration and it was revised to Rs. 10,000 in 2011 for degree holders. These people were working were sandwiched between the IT department and RDD and same was changed in 2014.
In 2016 the Jammu & Kashmir government through its cabinet decision created 172 posts of Data Entry Operators with the direction that these posts would be filled amongst the CIC operators. In 2017 the Empowered Committee headed by Principal Secretary, Finance cleared the cases for regularization and same was communicated to the concerned department as well.
“Sanction is hereby accorded to the creation of 172 posts of Data Entry Operators in the pay band of Rs. 5200-20200 +GP 1900 by corresponding reduction of 172 positions of CIC Operators presently paid salary/honorarium @ Rs. 8,000 for diploma holders and Rs. 10000 for Degree holders subject to the following conditions,” reads the government order 320-RD&PR of 2016 dated 14-12-2016.
The conditions set out in the order included that the posts are proposed to be created for all such persons who have been engaged up to cut off date i.e., 28th of April 2010 and to whom the provisions of J&K Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act 2010 apply. It also said that after formal creation of posts the department can submit individual files/cases of these operators for placement before Empowered Committee for appropriate decision.
Following this the Empowered Committee took up the cases of CIC operators along with the cases of employees of other departments seeking regularization. The Empowered Committee has cleared all the cases for regularization but the formal order for regularization has not been issued as yet.
The operators said that the same has been communicated to RDD and Panchayati Raj by the Finance Department.
The operators appealed Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha to intervene in the matter and direct the concerned department to issue regularization orders in their favour at their earliest. |
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