Daily wagers stall work at Katra Municipal Committee
Date: Feb 10, 2012
Katra, February 10
At a time when the J&K government has been emphasising the need for empowering governance at the grass-roots level, an alleged illegal appointment of some employees led to the stalling of work at the flagship Municipal Committee, Katra, today.
The MC office today received an order from the Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, appointing Sunita Devi as a computer assistant. Sunita Devi has been working as a daily wager at the office.
As soon as the officials received the order, over 300 daily wagers of the MC staged a protest over the alleged illegal appointments made by the Deputy Commissioner. The MC office remained closed throughout the day owing to the protest.
The protesters alleged that the fresh appointments made by the Deputy Commissioner were illegal. Even the official’s stay at the municipal office was in violation of the norms, they added.
They said they had planned to hold a hunger strike at Katra against the illegal appointments. FC Bhagat, Director, Local Bodies, Jammu, said the order received by the office of the Municipal Committee, Katra, was “fake” and had not been issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Reasi. He said they were looking into the matter.
