Imphal, Jan 24 : STRESSING THE need for keeping the government departments functioning and not to hamper the services to the general public, Manipur Governor, Gurbachan Jagat has asked the Chief Secretary to submit a report on the impact of the agitation launched by the government employees on the functioning of the departments, official source said today.
On the other hand, the cease-work strike of the employees of the Manipur government has entered 57th day today.
The strike was launched on November 27 last year.
The agitation of the employees under the banner of the Joint Administrative Council, an apex body of the employees of the Manipur government of different departments has paralysed the working in various departments except the secretariat services.
The employees of the secretariat services, which are the backbone of the state administration, are yet to join the strike even though they had already warned of joining the strike if the state government delayed in fulfilling the demands of the employees.
The JAC launched the strike demanding implementation of the recommendation of the 6th Pay Commission in favour of the state government employees.
Referring to the newspaper reports on the state of the working of the various departments of the government being paralysed as a result of the ongoing cease-work strike by the employees, the Governor wanted to keep the government departments functioning so that the "benefits due to the general public are not hampered," said a communiqu� of the secretary to Governor, RK Nimai sent to Chief Secretary, Rakesh asking him to submit a report on the impact of the employees' agitation on the functioning of the departments.
In the report, the attendance of the staff, number of departments affected etc.
should be stated as desire by the Governor, the intimation of the secretary to Governor said.
Following the received of the communiqu� from the Raj Bhavan, chief secretary has directed all the principal secretary/commissioners, secretaries, all deputy commissioners to submit report of impacts of the strike in their respective departments at the earliest without fail, the source said.
The employees of the state government have been on cease-work strike demanding implementation of the recommendation of the Centre's sixth pay commission to its employees.
Mention may be made that with employees under the aegis of the Joint Administrative Council (JAC) of All Mainpur Trade Unions Council (AMTUC) and All Manipur Govt.
Employees Organisation (AMGEO) have started launching cease work strike from November 27 after its week long pen down strike ended on November 26 .
Currently, employees joining the strike are also staging sit-in protest in series at their respective office premises.
Employees of the state transport department staged the sit-in protest today in front of its office at Bapupara.
The sit-in protest will stage till January 31 which the JAC is likely to announce another form of agitation if there bring about agreement till date.
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