Sindh CM awards time scale to 28,971 irrigation dept employees

Financial implication of change will come to Rs516.3m

KARACHI: Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, accepting the old demand of lower grade employees of the irrigation department appointed against non-promotional posts, granted the employees time scale and service structure.

The irrigation department had moved a summary of 28,971 employees who were appointed from grade B-1 to grade B-13 against non-promotional posts and had no service structure for promotion in the upper grade.

The chief minister not only granted them a time scale but also approved their service structure for onward promotions. This approval would provide monetary and career benefits to 28,971 employees of the irrigation department.

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Under the scheme, the employees of grade B-1 who have completed five years of service would move to grade B-2, of 10 years of service to grade -3, 15 years of service to grade B-4 and 20 years of service to grade 5.

In this way, the employees of grade B-2 to grade B-14 would be moving in upper grade as per their pay scale and length of service.

This decision of the chief minister has given benefit to 28,971 employees and their financial implication would come to Rs516.3 million.