Port Blair, April 19: A delegation of the Nagarpalika Shramik Sangh (CITU) led by its President B. Chandrachoodan met the Secretary, Port Blair Municipal Council today (19.04.2023) and discussed various demands of the employees and workers working in the Port Blair Municipal Council.  The delegation of the Union requested the Secretary, PBMC to grant Bonus to all the daily rated workers as has been done in APWD and other departments.  The delegation further requested the Secretary, PBMC to grant 1/30th of pay plus DA to all the daily rated mazdoors in view of the judgement of the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on 19th December, 2022 in the case Lt Governor –vs-ASNVMS (MA/9/2020). The Union delegation also demanded regularization of the services of all the daily rated mazdoors working in PBMC.  The Union told the Secretary that being an autonomous body, PBMC should take a decision on the regularization issue immediately. 

Union delegation again brought to the notice of the Secretary, PBMC the blatant misuse of labourers of PBMC and demanded an immediate inquiry into the matter and take action against those misusing labourers. The Union told that if the labourers misused for other personal works are withdrawn, they can be utilized for the for the sanitary and other works of the PBMC.  

The Secretary, PBMC assured the delegation of the Union that the demands discussed in the meeting will be looked into immediately.  The other members of the Union delegation were R. Surendran Pillai, President, CITU, SP Kalairajan and Anand Rajan, Secretary of CITU State Committee.