Teachers’ front meets DEO over pending problems
Ludhiana, July 5
The delegation of Ludhiana unit of the Democratic Teachers Front (DTF), Punjab, met Deputy District Education Officer (Secondary) Jaswinder Singh Virk and Deputy District Education Officer (Elementary) Manoj Kumar, under the leadership of district president Daljit Singh Samrala. The teachers discussed the issues pertaining to arrears of salary for the initial two months of office duty of 3,704 Ludhiana teachers. DEO Virk said a letter has been sent to seek guidance from the DPI office in this regard, a copy of which has been presented to the organisation.
Teachers list demands
- The delegation discussed the issues pertaining to arrears of salary for the initial two months of office duty of 3,704 Ludhiana teachers
- It demanded that the salary of sanitation workers should be paid on time, the arrears of school electricity bills be released and time should not be wasted on anonymous complaints
DTF leaders said the issue will be taken up in the meeting with the DPI on Tuesday. The organisation demanded that the teachers should be deputed from the schools with surplus posts to those where there is a shortage.
The Deputy DEO addressed the issue of non-availability of ACRs for the year 2022-23 of the teachers of Sidhwan Bet-1 block. He said the office will look at the records of the teachers of all districts and the remaining ACRs will be prepared by the authorities concerned. The delegation demanded that the salary of sanitation workers also be paid on time, the arrears of school electricity bills be released and time should not be wasted on anonymous complaints. He promised to send a copy of the letter issued by the DEO’s office to close the inquiry regarding the anonymous complaint made against Government Primary School Malla (boys and girls) to the leaders of the organisation via WhatsApp.
