IMPHAL, June 6: The All Manipur Municipal Councilors Association has questioned the decision of mass casual leave by the Municipality Employee & Workers’ Union whereas it supports reasonable demands and grievances of the Employees & Workers, said a press release issued by S Tomba Singh, president of the association.
The press note urged both the government of Manipur and employees Union to come to agreeable terms while mentioning a list of demands namely, equal treatment of municipal council employees with those of the state government employees which is mentioning at section 46 of Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994; constitute municipal employee cadre service which was recommended by 1st state finance commission and central commission; legislate a pension scheme as that of the autonomous hill district council and lastly it is mentioning of power devolution by the government of Manipur, it said.