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Haryana staff may get LTC

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`Most of the 4084 staff retrenched during previous regime have been adjusted'

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government is considering reopening the Leave Travel Concession facility for State Government employees, Chief Secretary Prem Prashant said here on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference, he expressed apprehension that some employees' unions could extend their support to the token strike call given by the Left parties for December 14.

The Government was fully alive to the situation and had made all necessary arrangements to maintain law and order and the supply of essential services like power, water and transport.

Mr. Prashant asserted that the Haryana Government was pro-employees and had taken several innovative steps for the welfare of its employees. "Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had also announced many incentives for their betterment."

He disclosed that a total of 4,084 employees were retrenched during the previous regime and all of them had been adjusted so far barring 125 employees who would also be adjusted soon.

A new ex-gratia policy had been implemented in the State under which if an employee died before the age of 35 years, his family would get the benefit of full pay and allowances up to 15 years from the date of the death, Mr Prashant added. Similarly, in case an employee died between the age of 35 and 48 years, his family would get such benefit up to 12 years, and in case the employee was above the age of 48 years, his family would get the same benefit up to seven years. He said that a scheme for the retrenched Class I or II employees had been chalked out under which 31 such officers would be readjusted in the Government departments and this process would be completed within two or three months.

The Government had decided that Rs. 2.5 lakhs would be given to the families of retrenched employees who died during the intervening period of retrenchment and readjustment.

Also, Rs.1 lakh would be provided to retrenched employees who were between the age of 55-58 years and not under the ambit of the new policy. The process of identification of such employees had been started so that the benefit could be given to them. Mr. Prashant appealed to the employees to maintain essential services throughout the State at all costs so that the people might not feel any inconvenience in the wake of token strike call.

He said there was no move to raise the retirement age of Haryana Government employees from 58 to 60 years. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary (Power) Ashok Lavasa said a contingency plan had been prepared by the Power Department for meeting any eventuality in the wake of token strike. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Transport Ramendera Jakhu said that most of the demands of the roadways employees had been acceded to and sops worth Rs. 14 crores had been given to them.

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