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Friday, June 19, 1998
Customs workers stage protest
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
VADODARA, June 18: Group `D' employees of the Central Excise and Customs organised an hour-long sit-in agitation and held a demonstration outside the Customs Commissionerate here on Thursday to press their demands for change of their designation and pay parity with the constables of the Central Bureau of Investigation. The agitation was organised in response to a call given by All India Group `D' Federation.Secretary of the Central Excise and Customs Group `D' Employees' Union S J Machhi said though the group `D' employees were performing the same duties of that of CBI constables, they were designated and paid the wages of peons by the government. Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs S K Bhardwaj, when contacted, said that the the Finance Ministry was ``sympathetic'' towards their demands and assured to remove the anomalies. But it would take at least six months for completion of formalities and getting the matter cleared, he added. Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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