The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : State staff seek hike in HRA, CCA

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State staff seek hike in HRA, CCA

JAC leaders meet Chief Minister on the issue

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Joint Action Committee of Employees, Teachers and Workers on Monday urged Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to raise the house rent allowance from 20 to 30 per cent and the City Compensatory Allowance to Rs.500 for those working in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area.

The JAC leaders, headed by V. Gopal Reddy, chairman, who called on Dr. Reddy, also sought an increase in HRA ceiling from Rs.3,000 to Rs.5,000.

They said the suggested increases should be extended to the staff with effect from April 1 this year.

The leaders pleaded for sanction of the 6 per cent enhanced dearness allowance for the State staff, in the light of the Centre granting DA to its employees with effect from July 1 this year.

They urged Dr. Reddy to recruit one lakh persons to fill the vacant posts of junior assistants, typists, attenders and watchmen in different departments.

The leaders, who called on the Chief Minister, included D. Sudhakar, secretary-general of JAC, P. Subbarayan, deputy secretary-general, K. Swamy Goud, co-chairman, N. Anand Rao of AP Revenue Services Association, Ramakrishna, president, Secretariat Employees’ Association, and Syed Mahmood, president, APSRTC National Mazdoor Union.

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