Stalin sees anomalies in implementation of Seventh Pay Commission recommendations in TN

B Sivakumar| TNN | Oct 12, 2017, 16:10 IST




CHENNAI: DMK working president M K Stalin on Thursday pointed out anomalies in the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commissionrecommendations in Tamil Nadu.

The Tamil Nadu cabinet on Wednesday approved the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations which will see employees getting 20%-25% salary hike.

However, Stalin said government employees and teachers in the state would not get 21 months' pay arrears and the minimum salary of Rs 21,000 as announced by the Centre. He said there was no proper hike in house rent and medical allowances.

"There are also various other issues which the employees' unions are not happy with," he said.

He said the state government's decision came only after the Madurai bench of the Madras high court had ordered it to implement the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations.

Stalin said, "The government agreed to implement the recommendations after employees and teachers associations had launched a series of protests seeking reverting to the old pension scheme and implementation of the pay commission recommendations. Following these protests, the Madurai bench made the chief secretary appear before it and directed the government to implement the recommendations ".

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Stalin criticised chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami for using words like "me" and "mine" in the statement on salary hike. "Like former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, Palaniswami has used words like me and mine imaging that he is Jayalalithaa," he said.

Stalin accused the government of not filling the existing vacancies and instead outsourcing the same or employing contract workers.