Leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Public Transport Department (PTD) Employees’ Union have urged the Special Chief Secretary, Finance Department, to initiate immediate measures to solve the long-pending financial issues of the Department employees.
In a representation made to the official, the union’s State president P. Damodara Rao said leave encashment bills pertaining to APPTD employees for the years 2020-21 and 2021-22 were uploaded in the CFMS long back, but the payments were not made. Pointing out that the Government had agreed for payment of DA arrears from January 1, 2022 to June, 2023 in three instalments — in September 2023, December 2023 and March 2024 — he appealed for immediate release of the DA arrears.
Mr. Damodara Rao said G.O. 114 sanctioning daily allowance to drivers and conductors was not being paid as per the Motor Transport Workers (MTW Act and urged the authorities to arrange payment of the same in the salary bill of January, 2024 without further loss of time and also arrange for payment of 16 months of arrears thereon.
