PUNE: Employees absorbed into Pune Municipal Corporation after the merger of 23 villages are likely to get salary dues of five months this week.
Corporators had demanded that the civic administration pay these staffers at Monday’s general body meeting. In response, civic officials said technical issues causing the delay were being resolved and that the payments will be completed by Wednesday.
Elected members across party lines criticized the delay in payments, saying the affected employees were in a severe financial crisis. “These staffers members could not celebrate Diwali due as they did not get salaries,” a corporator said.
Civic officials said there were doubts on the authenticity of some employees – cases fake documents and recruitment had come to light, so the payments were stopped, an official stopped. The district administration had given a list of 1,122 employees for absorption, but a fresh list will be issued on Wednesday by the collectorate.
“Payments to staffers whose details are in doubt can be held back but using this as a reason to not pay all staffers was an injustice,” said corporators.
“The district administration has assured us it would provide authentic data. The list will be crossverified and the absorption process will take place accordingly,” said Rajendra Muthe, a senior PMC official.
