SSA teachers serve notice to govt for release of pending dues

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaFebruary 20, 2019

SHILLONG: Aggrieved SSA teachers have served a legal notice to the state government demanding the release of their eight-month pending arrears within fifteen days.

The legal notice was sent to the Principal Secretary in-charge education, who is also the State Mission Director SEMAM (SSA), and the State Project Director, SEMAM-SSA and Director of School Education & Literacy on Wednesday.

“…I am instructed by clients to make demand to release the arrears of salary…within fifteen days from the date of receipt of this notice, failing which I have further instruction to approach the court of law for recovery of the said arrears of salary that my clients are entitled to receive and in that event you will be liable for all costs and consequences,” Advocate K Chisa said in the notice.

According to the notice, eleven teachers comprising of trained and untrained have not received the arrears of salary with effect from July 1, 2016 till February 28, 2017.

Chisa said the Meghalaya Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan School Association (MSSASA) on several occasions had submitted representations and reminders for the release of the arrears of salary but the same have neither been considered. “…this has put my clients in great financial hardship and they are being deprived of their legitimate dues,” he said.