Patiala, August 20

The members of the Punjab-UT Employees and Pensioners’ Sanjha Front on Friday held a protest outside the office of the Patiala Deputy Commissioner over their demands, including the revision of 6th Pay Commission. The protesting members sought revision of scales for unrevised categories, regularisation of jobs, reimplementation of old pension scheme and implementation of the Punjab pay scales for fresh appointees. Representatives of the front said three meetings had been held with the cabinet sub-committee formulated by the state government but their demands were still pending. It seems the meetings were just held to put an end to the protest, they said. TNS