Chandigarh: While giving Diwali and Haryana Day bonanza to safai karamcharis (sanitation workers), on the occasion of Sharad Purnima and Bhagwan Valmiki Jayanti, Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal made several announcements including hike in monthly honorarium of urban sanitation workers from Rs 16,000 to Rs 17,000 and of rural sanitation workers from Rs 14,000 to Rs 15,000.
Besides, he also announced an annual allowance of Rs 2000 for equipment used in sanitation work and Rs 1000 as a washing allowance.
Further, he also announced that in rural areas where the number of sanitation workers is 6, it will be increased to 8 and where there are 8 sanitation workers, their number will be increased to 10.
Manohar Lal made these announcements while speaking as chief guest in a programme organized by Samast Anusuchit Jati Samaj to honour him for the decision to provide the benefit of reservation in promotion to Class One and Two category posts, at Indradhanush Auditorium Sector-5 Panchkula today.
The Chief Minister said we are working towards uplifting the socio-economic and educational status of poor and Antyodaya families and ensuring that there is no discrimination against anyone.
He said that reservation in promotion will be applicable only where the number of highest departmental posts is three and not one. On the demand of the association to start this arrangement in any department at the earliest, the Chief Minister said that he had started working on it yesterday itself.
He said 6 posts of Deputy Directors who fall in the general category, are to be filled through promotion in the Education Department out of these three posts have already been filled and remaining three posts are to be filled through promotion.
All three placed at 11, 12 and 13 in the seniority list, are of the general category. If we look at the seniority of a Scheduled Caste employee, he is at number 30 in the seniority list.
He has been repositioned to 13th position as per this 20 percent reservation policy. Accordingly, Mr Atma Prakash, who belongs to Scheduled Caste, has been promoted to the post of Deputy Director today itself.
He said that reservation in promotion in Class-III and Class-IV category posts had already been implemented in the year 2015.