DRMs of STS stage protest in front of Transport Department; Demand regularization

Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, June 24: More than 50 Bus Conductors and Drivers working as Daily Rated Mazdoors since last many years in the Transport Department today staged a protest in front of the Department, under the banner of Centre Indian Trade Union (CITU) demanding regularization.
As per the DRMs, recently the department has published a notification for new recruitment of 54 Bus Conductors and 49 Drivers, but due to pressure of DRMs and their protest, the department has however cancelled the recruitment process for the post.
“How can department publish advertisement for appointing fresh candidates in STS when we are working in this department since last many years. This is absolutely wrong,” said some protesting DRMs.
The DRMs further said that the department has earlier regularized many DRMs between the years 1994 to 2004 and thus the department must follow the same pattern in future too.
Further, talking to Andaman Sheekha the General Secretary, CITU, Mr B Chandrachoodan, who was present in the protest said that the department while recruiting these DRMs has gone through all the stages including trade test and background check and thus these candidates are suitable to get regularized in the department.
“The administration should first regularize all the DRMs in the department and then the administration should go for fresh recruitments, if the administration does not consider the demands of the DRMs of the Transport Department than the DRMs under the banner of CITU will go ahead with the agitation,” Mr Chandrachoodan said.