JAMMU, Oct 31: The Jammu and Kashmir Medical Employees Federation (JKMEF), Jammu Province, held a meeting at its office in the Directorate of Health Services (DHS) complex, Jammu, under the chairmanship of Sushil Sudan, along with JKMEF President S. Jaswinder Singh, to discuss various long-pending demands of government medical employees.
During the meeting, the members raised several issues requiring the attention of the government, including the registration of left-out government and retired pharmacists, timely conduct of Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meetings and release of two-and-a-half days’ salary along with arrears in favour of employees performing duties on Sundays and gazetted holidays under roster arrangements.
The federation also demanded the release of the pending 3 per cent Dearness Allowance (DA) instalment to government employees before the Diwali festival.
Addressing the gathering, JKMEF President Jaswinder Singh appreciated the decision of the government led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to fulfil the long-pending demand of employees covered under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) who were appointed before December 24, 2009.
He referred to Government Order No. 305-F of 2026, dated September 28, 2026, issued by the Council of Ministers, and described the decision as an important step towards addressing the concerns of the employees concerned.
Those who attended the meeting included Bahadur Singh, Working President; Parfulat Singh, General Secretary; Madan Sharma, Vishal Patil, Ashiq Hussain, Devinder Raina, Rohit Kumar and other federation members.
The meeting concluded with a renewed call for the timely resolution of the demands and welfare-related issues of government medical employees.