Employees of Govt Presses stage Dharna because of officers apathy in promotion

The employees of Printing and Stationary Department UP outside the director office in the premises at Allahabad are staging Dharna continuously for their demand of promotion.

Mr Ram Sumer, President of Employees Association, told here that the administration of this department has had stop  all the avenues of promotion since past two years, which has created a discontent among the employees.

He said, " We have served our memorandum to  the Director and given an ultimatum of coming date August 13th to take the decision about promotion for the eligible employees. Our agitation shall intense if the decision is not met to our deadline."

He has added that 33 posts of 51 Administrative officers, 33 of 79 Head Assistants, and 33 of 145 Senior Assitants are vacant under in many units including directorate of this department, which is to be filled-up through departmental promotion; but it is our fate that in spite of being our own director we are not in position to get the justice; our all promotion avenues are at the dead end.

An official staff (name not disclosed) told, a few employees of other cadre were merged in clerical staff cadre who have been demanding their seniority among the gradation of ministerial employees cadre. They have filed a writ petition in High Court for being considered in cadre seniority of clerical promotion.

The department is facing this implication and trying constantly to solve this problem stemmed up from the government.