Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) on Thursday opposed the order of the central government of shifting all service matters of employees of J&K to Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh.
In a statement, EJAC President, Fayaz Ahmad Shabnam termedthe move quite unfortunate and said such an order was “totally unjustified” and”unacceptable” to J&K employees.
He said the order was unwarranted and will furthercomplicate the situation of the thousands of employees whose cases were pendingin courts for a very long time.
“Such an order will not only delay justice to theemployees but will also be too costly for the employees as majority of theservice related cases belong to the class-IV employees and daily wagers who ona meager salary hardly make their two ends meet,” he said.
Shabnam highlighted Srinagar-Jammu highway remain usuallyclosed for most of the time owing to the landslides or other issues and airfarewas skyrocketing.
“In such a scenario to reach the Tribunal on a given date ortime will be almost impossible for the employees,” he said.
Shabnum said the traveling, lodging and boarding costs willbe too expensive for the employees to bear who were already bearing the bruntof various types of costs related to their cases.
He urged the central government to revoke the order andinstead establish the Tribunal in J&K so that the employees will get speedyand cost effective justice.