Discontent simmers among staff over TTD’s ‘indifference’
The Hindu
They stage protest against management’s decision to get them into newly-formed corporation
The protest tents that stand pitched in front of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) administrative office for nearly a fortnight are indication over the simmering discontent among the employees over the management’s alleged indifference.
On one hand, the contract employees are protesting against the decision to get them into a newly-formed corporation, while on the other, the workers in the Facility Management Services (FMS) wing are raising their voice demanding implementation of time scale.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.