AGARTALA, Sep 20 (TIWN): Tripura State Govt. undertaking EPF Pensioner’s Association staged protest at TRTC Office.

On Tuesday they raised voice with 4 demands :

1.     Govt. undertaking EPF Pensioners’ pensions to be equaled as the state govt. employees from 16/ 11/ 1995.

2.     Like other corporations, leave encashment to be given to TRTC,

3.     Including all the interest the owned gratuity money should be soon provided,

4.     High Court’s verdict on W.P. © No. 452 of 2012 should be followed.

The same association held many protest with their limited demands. But the left front govt. yet to grant their demands. 

Talking to Subash Chandra Majumder, General Secretary of Tripura State Govt. undertaking EPF Pensioner’s Association, he said, “Before 6 months, High Court ordered the state govt. against a case filed in 2012 saying that the 40 heavy vehicles drivers’ scale to be hiked. The case was filed by 5 persons in 2012 on behalf of 40 persons, against which Tripura High Court announced its judgment in support of petitioners”.

Majumder further said, “Tripura Govt. although has hiked the scale of those who joined later, but it has not equaled the scale of those 40 pensioners”.