‘Discriminatory’ promotions of CDA stenographers resented

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The discriminatory move by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) high-ups of promoting senior stenographers, serving the authority, has triggered unrest among those who were left out in the process, Pakistan Today learnt on Wednesday. A source in the CDA, seeking anonymity, told this scribe that on 11-05-2011, the CDA board had decided to upgrade the stenographers from BPS-16 to BPS-17. “As the board had not mentioned in its earlier decision as to how many of the senior most stenographers were to be promoted, the remaining ones around 54 wrote applications to high-ups including the CDA chairman requesting that they should also be included in the promotion list,” the source said.
He said the CDA high-ups then maintained that the board’s decision was about the senior most stenographers who had served the authority for more than ten years. While the junior stenographers, he said, contented that the board had not mentioned the promotions of the senior staff only.
“All the upgraded stenographers were then designated as private secretaries despite the fact that the said posts had not been vacant for quite some time”, the source added. The decision of the CDA board, a copy of which is available with Pakistan Today, said,“In pursuance of the CDA board’s decision dated 11-05-2011, it is notified for the information of all concerned that the board in its meeting held on 11-05-2011 has approved the upgradation of post of stenographer along with incumbents from BPS-16 to BPS-17 w.e.f 11-05-2011 (i.e from the date of Board decision). The upgradation of these posts will be subject to all codal formalities.” However, some officials privy to the development said that the ambiguous decision of the CDA board was the main reason of unrest among the remaining staff. “Had the CDA clearly mentioned in its decision to upgrade the senior most stenographers, such a situation would have been averted,” said the source.
Recently, the source said, the upgraded stenographers moved a summary to the CDA board seeking a high pay-scale citing their services for the authority. “In their summary, the stenographers demanded high scales and also proposed to re-designate them as private secretaries since the grade of stenographers is BPS-16 and they could work on the same post in BPS-17” the official source added.
The upgraded stenographers included Muhammad Rashid, Muhammad Afzal, Munir Ullah Azeem, Sultan Mahmood, Amjad Pervaiz, Muhammad Ali, Mazhar-ul-Haq, Hafiz Muhammad Akram, Shaheed Hussain, Saeed Ahmad Gondal, Muhammad Yasin, Syed Athar Ali, Naeem Khan, Mazhar Abbas, Muhammad Boota, Mehmood Ali and Abdul Wahab.
CDA HRD Deputy Director General Najma Akhtar, when approached, declined to comment on the decision of the board, saying that she was not at liberty to speak on the issue. CDA spokesman Ramzan Sajid was also not available for his comment.

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  1. I appreciate endless efforts of Mr. Khalid Riaz and others for up-gradation of Stenographers but it is unjust for those Stenotypists/Stenographers who are working in selection grade BS-14 and BS-16 for the last 15 years but their up gradation for next scales i.e. BS-16 and BS-17 have not been considered. I request particularly to Mr. Khalid Riaz who is Quaid-e-Azam of Stenographers/S.Typist to not only raise the issue of up gradation but also keep struggling until unless it becomes another extra ordinary achievement made by him for up-gradation in favour of Stenotypists/Stenographers who are in BS-14/BS-16 (Muhammad Hanif, Allaha Rakha,Muhammad Yasin, Fiaz, Ch. Munawar, S.Sharaf Abbas Naqvi, Azhar Rauf and Mudassar PAs,Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat, LAHORE)

  3. The Honorable Supreme Court passed judgement on the upgradation of the post of Private Secretaries who has 12 years service as Private Secretary in BS-17 or above should be upgraded to the scale of BPS-19. The Finance Division after consultation with Ministry of Law and Justice Division, Establishment, having approval of Prime Ministry issued OM on 23 12 2011 for implementation of Courts Orders. But unfortunately despite of lapse of almost three months to orders most of the deartments have not so far been issued/implemented Courts orders and using delay tactises.

    I want to draw attention of the Honourable Chief Justice, Registrar and AG Supreme Court to kindly get implemented the Sureme Courts orders in letter and spirit in all the departments and kindly ensure that by the end of March the decision is implemented completely. The failure of compliance of the Superior Courts decision should be accounted for by each noncompliants.

  4. on upgradaiton case of stenographer BPS-15 to BPS-16,
    i and my children will pray to success the PPP in Pakistan

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