Tribune News Service Ludhiana June 26 Opposing the Sixth Pay Commission report teachers associated with the Master Cadre Union Punjab and Government Schools Science lecturers Union staged a protest against the state government at Government Senior Secondary (Multipurpose) School here on Saturday. They also burnt copies of the report and warned the government that if the decision to reduce the allowances and pay scale is not revoked they will be forced to intensify their agitation and the entire responsibility will be of the Captain-led state government. The protesting teachers alleged that the state government had ordered to reduce the pay scale and allowances due to which they were forced to hold a protest today. With the efforts of the Master Cadre Union Punjab special grade pay and allowances were awarded to teachers in 2011 but now the Congress government in the state had reduced the allowances and pay scale they alleged. The teachers have also announced they will coordinate with unions of various other government departments who are also opposing the Sixth Pay Commission report. State legal adviser of the Master Cadre Union Varinder Pathak said: “The government should revoke its decision otherwise we will be forced to intensify the agitation. Instead of increasing salaries our pay scale and allowances are being reduced. We also make an appeal to unions of various other government departments to come on a single platform against the commission report.” He said: “The government has cheated employees by denying them their dues in the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission report. If the government failed to hear our voice we would plan state-level protest rallies. We are planning to coordinate with the Punjab Ministerial Staff Union so further strategy can be chalked out.” Another teacher said: “There are around 5.5 lakh employees and pensioners and there are over 20 lakh voters including their family members. The governments decision to reduce allowances is anti-employees and it may face adverse consequences for the same in the upcoming Assembly elections.”

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