DOGRA HERALD BUREAU
jammu, DEC 24
A joint delegation of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology – Teaching Association Jammu (SKUAST-TAJ) and Non Teaching Employees Association Jammu (NTEA-J) under the chairmanship of Dr Vikas Sharma called on Chief Secretary of J&K Sh. Atal Dullo at Civil Secretariat today. President SKUAST-TAJ Dr Vikas Sharma informed the CS that the salary disbursement system has been disrupted in SKUAST-Jammu as the the teaching and non teaching employees of SKUAST-Jammu are not getting their salaries on time from the last 1.5 years due to which they are facing financial difficulties in the very beginning of every month, even till date, the employees have not yet received their salaries for the month of November, 2024 and due to delay in release of salaries, the employees are not able to clear their dues well in time like monthly instalment of housing loan, insurance premium, school fee of children, medical treatment etc. and they have to pay more interest in addition to their normal rate of interest. Moreover, low paid employees are more sufferers being total dependency on salary. Therefore, proper mechanism should be developed for the disbursement of salaries of SKUAST-J employees on 1st of every month to save the teaching and non- teaching staff of the university from the extra burden of interest.
The joint action committee requested for additional funds to overcome salary deficit of KVK establishment as the funds on account of travel allowance, medical allowance, children allowance for the employees of KVK establishment of SKUAST-Jammu has been stopped recently by the ICAR (liable to provide only basic salary +DA+HRA to the host Institute), which has directly impacted the payment of salaries of KVK employees. The Joint Action Committee of SKUAST-Jammu also stressed for abolition of review system for enhancing retirement age from 62 to 65 years of the Professors of erstwhile State Universities as the process has created a sycophancy / biased pick and choose resulting in humiliation and anguish amongst the teaching fraternity. The CS assured the delegation that their issues will be considered and in future the employees of SKUAST-J will get their salary on time. Dr. Vikas Sharma was accompanied by Sh. K. D. Singh – President NTEA-J, Sh Dheeraj Rajwal and Smt. Seema Bhatt.
