Port Blair, Aug 08: A meeting of the employees working in the Afloat Section of the Shipping Department was held on 4th August, 2012 at Port Blair in which it was decided to form the Shipping Department Sub-Committee of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association.
Addressing the meeting, Mr. D. Ayyappan, General Secretary of the Association said that various issues and demands of the government employees in general and those belonging to the Shipping Department like (1) Revise the OTA Allowance rate and Night Duty Allowance, (2) remove restrictions on compassionate ground appointments, (3) stop down sizing, privatization and outsourcing, (4) Scrap New Pension Scheme, etc. are yet to be considered by the Govt. of India.
Mr. Lawrence Fernandez, former President, Mr. TS Sreekumar, Assistant General Secretary and Mr. Anand Raj, Secretary, Secretariat Sub-Committee of the Association addressed the meeting. The meeting decided to take up various pending issues of the employees of the Shipping Department with the authorities in the Department and in the A & N Administration.
The meeting elected Mr. M. Sakthivel as President, Mr. Biswajit Biswas as Secretary and Mr. Egnesh Kerkitta as Treasurer of the newly formed Shipping Department Sub-Committee of the Association.
