AP government taking revenge on teachers, allege unions
Around 4,500 teaching and non-teaching staff at private aided degree colleges had not received their salaries from December 2016.
Vijayawada: Teachers’ unions have alleged that the Andhra Pradesh government is trying to take revenge on aided teachers and lecturers in the state for voting against TD-supported candidates in MLC elections.
Aided teachers of elementary schools and aided junior and degree college lecturers in state are suffering as the government had not made payment of their salary after tokens issued by treasury department.
Around 7,000 aided teachers working in primary schools across the state are suffering as the government had not paid their February 2017 salary along with DA arrears from January 2016, they alleged.
“Around 5,000 teachers working in private-aided primary schools are facing tough time with the delay in salary. Bills were prepared for our salaries and got approval in all stages. Even the finance department had cleared around Rs 30 crore, but had not uploaded the lists to banks before March 31,” said Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Federation’s former state president and aided teachers’ representative G. Satyanarayana.
Around 4,500 teaching and non-teaching staff at private aided degree colleges had not received their salaries from December 2016.
“We have followed the procedure and submitted all necessary orders have released. Treasury department had also issued tokens but our salaries of fourth quarter and arrears of around Rs 45.88 crore are pending as the government froze the payments. Majority of aided lecturers are suffering as our housing and other loan accounts have fallen into NPAs and our IT returns were stagnant,” said Affiliated College Teachers’ Association (ACTA) state general secretary B.V. Ramesh.
“The government is taking revenge on teachers and lecturers for defeating TD-supported candidates in teachers’ MLC elections. The government is not in a position to digest the victory of Federation of AP Teachers’ candidate Kathi Narasimha Reddy and Vittapu Bala-subramanyam, and it is trying to create problems for us. Holding salaries after financial year-end has never happened in the history of the state,” alleged AP Teachers’ Federation state president G. Hrudaya Raj.
All these teachers will suffer at least for one more month as they have to restart the process and submit bills for fresh allocations, he said.
This is not right on the part of the state government to intentionally delay the salary payments, he said.