Following unrest among employees & pensioners: The state pulls back notification of revised payscale & DA
Himachal Pradesh State government today pulled back the announcement to increase the revised pay scale and payment of dearness allowance to around 2.6 lakh employees and 3.50 lakh pensioners in the state.
A notification issued by the government today said that the previous instructions issued regarding the payment of arrears on account of the revision of pay scales and dearness allowance have been withdrawn.
The notification does not provide any reason for the withdrawal. However, it is important to note that two notifications were issued on March 2 and 4, 2024, announcing payment of a four percent dearness allowance for state government employees effective from April 1, 2024, and payment of revised pension was announced to release in ( three slabs of 1.50 pc 0.25 oc and three percent of pre-2016, from April 2016 to April 2022 and post-April 2022 to March 2024.
The Government of Himachal Pradesh has withdrawn this instruction regarding the payment of arrears on account of the revision of pay scales and dearness allowance.
It is worthwhile to mention that various pressure groups of state employees and pensioners including the Communist Party of India (Marxist) have strongly condemned the notification issued by the state government regarding payment of arrears and dearness allowance to the state employees and pensioners after the implementation of the new pay scale.
The notification was criticized by the employees and pensioners alleging that lakhs of employees of the state have been waiting for their dues since 2016 but with announced payment of in three slabs of 1.50 pc, .25 pc of Revised pay scale, and three pc DA it would take more than thirty years to remit all pending allowance.
