Gujarat University to hire employees on emergency basis
Gujarat University (GU) on Wednesday decided to hire 20 peons and clerks on an emergency basis to tide over the crisis set off by 167 employees who have embarked on a work-to-rule agitation in protest against their exclusion from the Sixth Pay Commission.
The GU exams have begun and the authorities are feeling the pinch with such a big strength of employees going on work-to-rule. "On Tuesday night, we had major problems in storing question papers and answer sheets as there was hardly a peon available to pitch in with the exam work", said an official.
The 167 employees have decided to work-to-rule as the state government denied them the benefits of Sixth Pay Commission saying that their recruitment has taken place without the mandatory widespread advertisement.
Interestingly, most of these employees have worked for over 20 years and had got the benefit of the Fifth Pay Commission.