Pending salary of teachers released

Statesman News Service
MALDA, Dec. 10: The Malda district administration has decided to allow salary for all teachers of a total of 333 schools and madrasas till February 2008 without objection.
The decision was taken on Friday after releasing the last lot of 44 schools’ salary bills for the month of October held up for violation of 21 points government rules for claiming salary.
The Malda treasury today released all salary bills for the month of November held up due to objections raised by the treasury officials for violation of the government system to claim grant in aid for secondary schools.
The additional district magistrate held a meeting on Friday with the concerned officials and took the decision to release the salary bills up to February 2008 despite irregularities, a treasury official said today.
It may be noted that the district authorities were strict to follow at least four points out of 21 including the updated audit report of the school. As a result a total of 333 schools and Madrasas could not get salary on time. The Malda treasury will look into all 21 points before clearing the salary bill for the month of February 2008, an administrative official said.
The treasury finally released salary bills for 154 schools for the month of October in the first phase. The district inspector of schools Mr. Chinmay Sarkar said that the decision has been conveyed to the government.
“This pressure was imperative to bring the whole matter within the system following the government’s directions”, Mr. Sarkar said.