Govt employees meet panel on pay scales upgradation

PANAJI: Goa government employees association (GGEA) and coordination committee of Goa government employees (Co-CO-GGOE) on Monday met the newly appointed committee set up by the government for deciding upgradation of payscales to the left out categories of government employees, corporations and autonomous bodies.

The meeting was chaired by law secretary Pramod Kamat along with his financial advisors Damodar J Naik and Suhas Bhatikar.

Both the delegations informed the committee that the selective upgradation given over the years, has created discontent among the employees. GGEA also submitted worksheets justifying that the monthly liability on account of upgradation will be approximately 4 crore as against 15.91 crore projected by the earlier committee constituted under the chairmanship of Raajiv Yadhuvanshi, the then finance secretary.

At Monday's meeting, the law secretary as well as the committee members assured the two delegations that appropriate immediate steps would be undertaken by the state government with a view to resolve the long pending issue, Co-C0-GGOE general secretary Saturnino Mesquita said here.

While GGEA delegation comprised president M L Shetkar and general secretary John Nazareth, the other delegation consisted of A F G Mascarenhas, Uday Chari, Saturnino Mesquita, Gregorio Moura, Caitan Fernandes, Ganesh Chodankar and Christopher Fonseca.

Source:TOI