STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Finance Minister, Haseeb Drabu, Transport Minister and Speaker Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta assured that the genuine demands of voluntary retired employees of SRTC will be put in the ensuing budget session.
This was stated by President of J&K SRTC Volunteer Retired Employees Union, Dev Raj Bali, in press conference, here on Wednesday. “We are confident that this time our demands will surely be solved as assured by these dignitaries,” he said.
They demanded release of pending Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) with effect from 1999, Sixth Pay Commission arrears with effect from 1st January, 2006 and pension benefits. Surinder Singh, Prem Nath, Bindravan Sharma, Davinder Singh, Gulshan Singh, Dwarka Nath and Mohinder Singh were also present in the press conference.
