Regularised but not being paid

WAIT FOR SALARY CONTINUES FOR GOVT’S TEMP EMPLOYEES REGULARIZED IN APRIL
GANGTOK, 07 July: The euphoria of being regularized in service after having spent more than 15 years as temporary workers of the State Government is sinking fast for the Muster Roll and Workcharged employees who have now begun the fourth month without having received their salaries. This, thanks to the confusion created by the regularization process completed for them and then kept in “abeyance”, a situation due to which they no longer qualify for MR or WC wages and are yet to receive their salaries as regular employees, something they argue they should have begun receiving from 01 April onwards.
The aggrieved employees [those who have been regularized and who have not received their salaries since 01 April] gathered today at the Secretariat to meet the Chief Secretary and plead their case.
Speaking to media persons, they stated that the concerned department has already released the required funds to clear the salaries of 1,454 employees. This is the number being claimed by the group as those temporary employees who have been regularized but who have not received their salaries. The file, they state, they have been told is now with the Chief Secretary for approval.
“If the Chief Secretary could lift the order keeping the regularization process in abeyance then we would get the salary,” they state, adding that regularized employees at the two departments of Food & Civil Supplies and Labour have been receiving their salaries without a glitch.
They complained that their lives have been upset due to the delay and they are defaulting on everything from the school fees of their children to premiums on their insurance policies and bank loan EMIs. It is becoming difficult to run our homes anymore, they stressed.
It is informed that later in the day, they managed to meet the CS and discussed the matter with her. The CS has reportedly assured to decide on the matter by Wednesday.