Imphal, March 26: An emergency executive council meeting of the JAC of AMTUC & AMGEO is being held today at 3pm at its office situated at Babupara to discuss the appeals from the people of the state regarding the resumption of indefinite cease work strike launched on 22 March and other related issues according to a notice issued by Laitonjam Biken Singh, Secretary General, JAC of AMTUC & AMGEO, Manipur.
It may be worth noting that the state government, in a meeting held on 24 March decided on a number of measures to be taken up including, taking up all necessary steps possible to ensure that official works is not affected especially during the end of the financial year, to invoke various legal provisions like enforcement of Essential Services Maintenance Act and promulgation of Section 144 of CrPC if necessary by the CAF & PD and Home Department, to identify office bearers of striking organizations and making preventive arrests if necessary, to strengthen deployment of police force in and around public offices, to monitor attendance of office staffs and authorization for temporary engagement of appropriate human resources to ensure that critical works are not affected in the end of the current financial year.
It was also decided at the meeting that given the involvement of huge additional financial expenditure and in view of the fact that the 14th FC award had failed to take into account the 7th Pay Commission impact on the expenditures on account of salary and pension of the state and technicalities involved in its adoption, committing on a specific date for implementation of the 7th revised pay at this juncture may not appropriate although there is genuine endeavour of the Government to implement the same in the nearest possible time in the interest of all employees of the state.
