GHMC income workers in agitation mode

Employees from the Revenue wing of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) staged a protest in entrance of the company’s headquarters on Wednesday, demanding promotions, new recruitments and rationalisation of duties.

The agitation was extra focussed on the removing of duties of assortment of commerce licence payment and commercial payment from the job charts of invoice collectors and tax inspectors. These obligations have been just lately transferred from the Sanitation wing to the Revenue wing, in an try to consolidate the latter. Earlier, the commerce license payment assortment rested with the Assistant Medical Officers of Health.

Less than 100 invoice collectors are caring for the property tax assortment in 343 dockets, a illustration from the GHMC Revenue Employees Welfare Association to the Commissioner mentioned, and urged the latter to put up invoice collectors in all circles in sufficient numbers. Promotions as Superintendent are additionally requested for individuals who have handed departmental examination.

While there are solely 70 invoice collectors who had been appointed to their posts, sure class IV workers with graduate levels are additionally discharging the duties of the invoice collectors, the illustration famous, and urged the commissioners to advertise them as invoice collectors.

Petrol coupons must be offered to the invoice collectors and tax inspectors as they cowl 25-30 kilometres per day as a part of their duties, the illustration mentioned, amongst different calls for.