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Jamia Urdu follow-up
Labour commissioner gives
breather to starving staff
By SU Rahman
And finally some good news for Jamia
Urdu employees who have not been paid their salaries since January this
year. The district administration has sealed five bank accounts of the
Jamia in different banks following orders from Labour Commissioner Agra
where Jamia Urdu Employees Union had petitioned against the Jamia
administration.
VK Sharma, Labour Commissioner, Agra, who had earlier tried to resolve the
issue amicably following the petition, was forced to take this extreme
step following rigid stand taken by the Jamia Registrar Anwar Saeed who is
facing numerous fraud and corruption charges. The labour commission had
asked the Jamia Urdu registrar to pay RS 1.91 million to the employees as
payment. The commission ordered sealing of five bank accounts only after
the Jamia failed to comply with the order and the employees re-petitioned
before the commissioner. The court order of recovery of the said amount
has been complied by the local administration by sealing five bank
accounts of the Jamia.
Jamia Urdu is in the thick of controversies and financial mismanagement
for last more than three years when Anwar Saeed illegally restructured
Jamia administration to suit himself. He has been occupying the two
important posts of secretary and registrar of the leading Urdu institute
in the country and doing everything unlawful with impunity. He has drained
funds upto the tune of Rs 60-80 million within last three years. Jamia has
suffered unimaginable losses and has completely lost credibility in
academic circles where Jamia degrees were given considerable importance.
It is only Jamia Urdu Employees Union that has been fighting the registrar
over non-payment of salaries and other grievances of the Jamia staff. The
order of the Labour Commissioner of Agra is a big success for the Jamia
Union. But unfortunately it is not going to be of much help for the
starving staff of the Jamia Urdu as it is believed that most of the fund
from account has already been siphoned off by the registrar, Anwar Saeed.
Ejaz Tirmizi, vice president of the employees union says that though it is
a big win for us but employees are not going to get anything substantial
out of it. He says that Anwar Saeed has siphoned off most of the money
from Jamia accounts.
Tirmizi says that a large number of Jamia employees are actually starving
for quite some time due to non-payment of their salaries by Anwar Saeed.
He says that he is not exaggerating anything but only telling what is true
to his knowledge. Tirmizi says that the poor employees of Jamia are in
precarious situation due to non-payment of their salaries for last ten
months.
When asked about the Jamia Urdu Bazyabi Committee launched more than a
month ago by Syed Shahabuddin, he says he is not actually aware of
anything done by the committee. He says that though he has not much idea
of what the Committee is doing, but it has given us a moral boost. When
asked as to whether he has been approached by the Committee or has heard
of any activity being carried out by this Bazyabi Committee, he says that
he has neither received anything nor heard anything regarding its
activities.
Tirmizi says that the order of the Labour Commission has given a big sigh
of relief to all Jamia Employees and has exposed Anwar Saeed who has
always misguided common people.
Tirmizi and several other Jamia Urdu Employees Union office bearers were
axed by Anwar Saeed over their efforts to expose him and their struggle
for payment of salaries to common employees of Jamia. But it was of not
much impact as these people had already got the union registered. q |
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