Srinagar, Feb 5: Employees Joint Action Committee headed by Abdul Qayoom Wani has urged the Minister for School Education Tara Chand to resolve the issues faced by teachers working under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), who are without salaries for the past many months.
 An EJAC delegation led by Wani met Chand and discussed with him the issues faced by the SSA teachers, particularly the delay in release of their salaries. “While discussing the problems with the Minister, we came to know that the delay in release of the salary of SSA teachers is due to delay in providing utilization certificates of some districts by the Chief Education Officers which include CEO Budgam, Bandipora, Leh, Kathua, Jammu, Kishtwar and Samba, and Department of Education has got nothing to do with it,” an EJAC spokesman said. “The delegation was informed that the funds were blocked by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) as the utilization certificate of an amount of Rs 6060 crores for the financial year 2012-13 has not been submitted till date by the CEOs.”
 The delegation also met the Minister of PHE, Flood and Irrigation control, Sham Lal Sharma to discuss the pending issues of employees working in PHE, F&IC department. The delegation discussed regularization of daily wagers, transfer of employees and other issues of the employees of working in the PHE department with the minister, the spokesman added.
 The delegation also met the minister for Urban Local Bodies Nawang Rigzin Jora to take up the issues of employees working in the Municipal Committees and counsels.
 Besides Wani, the delegation included Manzoor Ahmad Pampori (Vice president EJAC), Pir Nisar Ahmad (Press Sec EJAC), Sajad Ahmad Parray (Joint Sec EJAC), Mir Fayaz (Distt President Kupwara) and Muhammad Yaqoob.

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