Long wait: Another batch of CDA employees regularised
As many as 723 employees have been granted permanent employee status after two year of service.
ISLAMABAD:
The Capital Development Authority regularised the services of as many as 723 non-gazetted temporary employees who have completed two-year of service at the authority.
The total number of employees whose services were regularised in the previous quarter has gone up to 923, as 200 employees were regularised just two months back.
Another 858 temporary employees, however, are awaiting regularisation. These employees were hired in 2011 during the Pakistan Peoples Party’s tenure in the centre.
“CDA employees have played a vital role in Islamabad’s development. The incumbent management of the authority is committed to addressing their concerns,” CDA Chairman Maroof Afzal said while addressing a gathering at Fatima Jinnah Park. The newly-regularised employees were given their appointment letters during the event.
During the PPP’s tenure, a total of 2,586 temporary employees were hired by the CDA. They included over 1,000 grade-1 gardeners and 10 officials who were hired on contract basis. The rest of the employees were hired on non-gazatted posts including clerks, assistants, and computer operators.
In the final days of the PPP government, an NA panel headed by Khurshid Shah announced the regularisation of nearly 805 employees.
When the incumbent PML-N government came to power in 2013, there were nearly 1,781 temporary employees at the authority, 923 of whom have been given permanent employee status so far.
“We have continuously been pursuing the cases of low-grade employees with the CDA management. I hope the whole process will be completed within a month,” CDA Labour Union Secretary General Chaudhry Yasin said.
CDA spokesperson Asim Khichi said the process of regularising employees was initiated by the incumbent management in light of a CDA board decision from September 30, 2011. The decision was made by the board after reaching an understanding with the authority’s labour union that only those employees who have completed two years of service at the CDA as temporary employees would be eligible for permanent employee status.
A committee was formed to verify the credentials submitted by the daily wage employees at the time of their appointments, Khichi said, adding that the regularised employees fulfilled the requisite criteria for their respective positions. Khichi said all 923 newly regularised employees are non-gazetted staffers.
He added that remaining cases were under the consideration of committees formed to scrutinise the credentials of the remaining employees. He could not provide a time frame for the decisions.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2014.
The Capital Development Authority regularised the services of as many as 723 non-gazetted temporary employees who have completed two-year of service at the authority.
The total number of employees whose services were regularised in the previous quarter has gone up to 923, as 200 employees were regularised just two months back.
Another 858 temporary employees, however, are awaiting regularisation. These employees were hired in 2011 during the Pakistan Peoples Party’s tenure in the centre.
“CDA employees have played a vital role in Islamabad’s development. The incumbent management of the authority is committed to addressing their concerns,” CDA Chairman Maroof Afzal said while addressing a gathering at Fatima Jinnah Park. The newly-regularised employees were given their appointment letters during the event.
During the PPP’s tenure, a total of 2,586 temporary employees were hired by the CDA. They included over 1,000 grade-1 gardeners and 10 officials who were hired on contract basis. The rest of the employees were hired on non-gazatted posts including clerks, assistants, and computer operators.
In the final days of the PPP government, an NA panel headed by Khurshid Shah announced the regularisation of nearly 805 employees.
When the incumbent PML-N government came to power in 2013, there were nearly 1,781 temporary employees at the authority, 923 of whom have been given permanent employee status so far.
“We have continuously been pursuing the cases of low-grade employees with the CDA management. I hope the whole process will be completed within a month,” CDA Labour Union Secretary General Chaudhry Yasin said.
CDA spokesperson Asim Khichi said the process of regularising employees was initiated by the incumbent management in light of a CDA board decision from September 30, 2011. The decision was made by the board after reaching an understanding with the authority’s labour union that only those employees who have completed two years of service at the CDA as temporary employees would be eligible for permanent employee status.
A committee was formed to verify the credentials submitted by the daily wage employees at the time of their appointments, Khichi said, adding that the regularised employees fulfilled the requisite criteria for their respective positions. Khichi said all 923 newly regularised employees are non-gazetted staffers.
He added that remaining cases were under the consideration of committees formed to scrutinise the credentials of the remaining employees. He could not provide a time frame for the decisions.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2014.