HC says no to pay cut for APVCC staff

HYDERABAD: The disabled employees of Andhra Pradesh Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation (APVCC) are celebrating as not only has the High Court revoked the government order which slashed their salaries by 60 per cent but the employees will also get the pending arrears for the last 27 months when the controversial GO was implemented.
The High Court on Friday cancelled GO No 206, which was issued in June 2009, and ordered the APVCC to implement the previous GO No 24, said senior advocate Korrapati Subbarao.He explained that as per the GO No 206, employees of the APVCC has suffered a 60 per cent cut in their monthly salary. But with the court's help, they will now get their original salary from September as well as the lump sum of the salary they had lost since the GO. "The HC will serve the orders to APVCC in a week to prepare the payment details of the employees. Details of payments will be served to employees by end of this month," said Subbarao. On an average every employee would get `2 lakh each. At present, there are 429 employees working under the APVCC.