Teachers urge government to expedite PRC report, implement it with favourable fitment

Hyderabad: Teachers’ MLC Pingili Sripal Reddy on Wednesday urged the Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to address the issues faced by government employees, teachers, and pensioners in the State, as well as concerns within the education sector.

Sripal Reddy, along with the PRTU TS newly elected state executive committee members, who met the Chief Minister, urged the government to expedite procurement of the Pay Revision Commission (PRC) report and implement it with a favourable fitment.

The teachers also wanted release of pending DA installments and outstanding bills.

When the challenges being faced by employees availing health cards were brought to his attention, the Chief Minister assured them that he would shortly convene a review meeting to ensure that agreements are finalised, allowing for medical treatment in all corporate hospitals. As for the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) demand for 2003 DSC teachers, he instructed Rajya Sabha member Vem Narender Reddy to facilitate a meeting with the Chief Secretary to resolve the matter.

According to the teachers, the Chief Minister directed Vemula Srinivas, Special Officer in the CMO, to ensure that the necessary orders are issued to complete the upgradation process of pandits and physical education teachers in Ashram schools within a week.

PRTU TS representatives Battapuram Madhusudhan Reddy, Sunkari Biksham Goud, Somireddy Srinivas Reddy, and Pensioners’ Association president Peri Venkat Reddy, among others participated in the meeting.