Comp operators protest over contract renewal

Jaipur: Over 140 contractual computer operators, whose contract got terminated on May 31, on Thursday staged a protest outside the Secretariat demanding their contract to be renewed. They met DOP principal secretary Roli Singh and joint secretary Ashish Modi on Thursday and demanded that their contracts be renewed.
“The tender for 142 contractual employees was issued on June 2.However, till today (Thursday), no progress has been made on the tender. We initially got the impression that the tender would be cancelled by the government. Later,after we protested, they assured us the contract would be renewed,” said Jeevan Sejwal, one of the computer operators. Earlier, the finance department gave the approval for the disbursment of salaries of 212 computer operators which was pending since March 21.tnn