4 days ago
‘Introduce Act to protect revenue employees, surveyors and VAOs'
A delegation comprising State coordinators representing the Federation of Revenue Employees Association (FERA) met Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in Chennai and demanded the government to introduce an Act which would protect the revenue employees, land surveyors and village administrative officers (VAO)s while discharging their duties.
In a press release issued here on Saturday, M.P. Murugaiyan, one among the coordinators, said that the employees faced not only challenges in fulfilling the government's programmes for the benefit of the needy people, but also received threats and abusive words at times, while at their work.
In a bid to give a morale support to the employees on the ground, the government should introduce a Bill in the Assembly and bring the Act which would discourage the people from indulging in threats against the government employees.
The FERA sought filling up of vacancies in government departments comprising revenue, disaster management, survey among others. The human resources shortage had to be addressed at the earliest, as the revenue department played a pivotal role in taking the government's schemes and programmes to the masses.
The senior officers in the revenue administration should give an ample time to the staff members to take the schemes to the people. Within a short notice, the government expected the schemes to be implemented and with a huge shortage, it was humanly impossible to execute the works.
Mr. Stalin, the memorandum said, should understand the plight of the revenue officials and fill vacancies.
The government has been encouraging contract/temporary basis appointments. This should be dropped and all the recruitments should be only on permanent basis. Terms like outsourcing and introducing private sector or private agencies in the revenue department would be a risky proposition to the government.
The FERA members recalled the successful implementation of the KMUT (Kalaingnar Mahalir Urimai Thittam) to over 1 crore women beneficiaries in the State within a record time from the announcement. The sustained work by the revenue department round the clock was the reason for taking it to the people in a short notice.
The FERA appealed to the CM to declare July 1 as Revenue Department Day and suggested it to be celebrated every year.
The delegation included TNVAOMS State president A. Boopathy, TNVAOA general secretary C. Kumar, TNRVEA general secretary S. Ravi and TNSOU general secretary Anna Guberan and others, the release added.
