Teachers yet to be paid for census duty

Updated on: Tuesday, March 15, 2011

A number of teachers from various BMC and private schools who were forced into attending census duty this year have still not been paid their travel allowance.

While teachers from the Mumbai region are still waiting, their colleagues from the Navi Mumbai area have already received their allowance. “This allowance is not only for our work in February, but also for what we had done in May last year. We worked for 21 days this year and around 42days last year but still have not received a single rupee of the allowance,” said Santosh Sakpal, a BMC teacher from a school in Mankhurd. “We have been told that we will be paid in installments but don’t know when we will be given the first one,” said Sakpal, who has contacted teachers from other schools as well as BMC officials over the matter.

Anil Galgali of Athak Seva Sangh, an NGO, was also approached by many teachers. “I have written a letter to the BMC commissioner about the teachers who are being unfairly punished by authorities.”

Some teachers have also complained of not being paid proportionately for their work. “Teachers should have been given travel allowance before they started census duty. I have also received complaints from teachers claiming that their those in Mumbai are being promised a bigger amount than those outside the city,” said Arundhati Chavan, president of All India Parent Teachers Association.

BMC officials, however, rubbished the claim. Manisha Mhaiskar, additional municipal commissioner, told TOI that the teachers will be paid within a week.

The teachers have been promised close to Rs 5000. G T Ambe, executive health officer of BMC said, “We have told the teachers they will be paid in installments. We have already received the first two installments from the government.”

Teachers yet to be paid for census duty

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