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Work Education Instructors working since August 2014 had started their dharna behind Shiksha Sadan Sector-5 Panchkula demanding to be covered in Bylaws 2013, which is still going on. Giving information regarding this, State President Rajat Bhatt and Vice President Sangeeta Devi said that four of their colleagues had earlier initiated fast unto death for Six consecutive days from August 2023, following which, Mr. Rajesh Khullar, then ACS, now CMK CPS, had ended their fast unto death after assuring that their demands would be fulfilled by the Haryana Government as soon as possible.
He further added that all the employees employed in the council were assured that the benefits of Bylaws 2013 and the grade pay would be extended soon.
He also stated that the benefits are extended to the employees after five years of service, but despite serving for more than 9 years, the work education instructors are still being ignored by the department, due to which they are left with no other options and work education instructors Sangeeta Devi (Hisar), Dr. Neha Batra (Jind), Sandeep Kumar (Jind), Surendra Yadav (Mahendragarh), Rajesh Kumar (Karnal), Chandrapal (Hisar) initiated the fast unto death on November 8.
Shiksha Sadan was surrounded by Work Education Instructors on Friday, during which they had a heated argument with the police. During this time, the health of one of the fasting instructor Dr. Neha Batra got worse. On this, SPD Samagra Shiksha was informed about the situation by the administration.
Shiksha Sadan was surrounded by Work Education Instructors on Friday, during which they had a heated argument with the police. During this time, the health of one of the fasting instructor Dr. Neha Batra got worse. On this, SPD Samagra Shiksha was informed about the situation by the administration.
After which a delegation was taken to meet him. The SPD paid heed to everything carefully and assured full cooperation from her side. She called for a meeting again next week and also asked one of the officials to note down all the issues of the work education instructors and find solutions.
After that, she called the fasting Instructors and ended their fast and sent Dr. Neha Batra to the hospital. She sent the office employee along with her to the hospital and also asked him to keep giving reports till she was discharged from the hospital. State President Rajat Bhatt and Vice President Sangeeta Devi announced that they will continue the strike until their demands are met.