Mushtaq Pulwama
Srinagar, September 12 :
Aam Admi Party (AAP)p District President Kulgam Dr Mohammad Ayoub Matoo strongly urged the administration to regularize the Community Information Centre (CIC) operators of the Rural Development Department (RDD).
He expressed his deep Concern over the lingering issues of these CICs even though an Empowered Committee of J&K Government headed by Principal Secretary, Department of Finance cleared their regularization cases one by one for regularization under J&K Civil Services (Special Provision) Act 2010 in its two meetings.
In a statement issued to mercury times, Dr Ayoub said, “CIC Operators working in Rural Development Department are not backdoor appointees and they have been recruited through proper recruitment procedure in the year 2004 through District Level Recruitment Committee headed by concerned Deputy Commissioners and since then they are continuously working in Department of Rural Development Panchayati Raj, J&K on contractual basis on a meager amount of Rs 10,000/= as monthly salary, due to which they are facing a lot of hardships to feed their families and to provide better education to their children during this sky-high market inflation period.
These CIC Operators are highly qualified having M.Tech, MCA, M.Sc.IT, B.E & B.Tech Degrees and are technically very sound and efficient. They are handling efficiently more than 26 web portals on daily basis of Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj. Besides all other office assignments viz-a-viz elections, establishment, accounts, works etc. at Block/District/Directorate/Secretariat level.
Expressing his displeasure over the delay tactics by the government to keep the issues of these workers lingering, Dr Ayoub said, “They are waiting for Justice for the last two decades. They have been facing a lot of miseries and mental anxieties due to apathy of the Administration.”
Dr Ayoub urge Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha Ji to intervene personally in the matter and provide justice to these CIC Operators, who are suffering very badly for the last 18 years.
