NEW DELHI, MAY 6: Indian Newspaper Society (INS) on Saturday said it had moved the Delhi High Court as the R K Manisana Singh Wage Boards for journalists and non-journalists had "not passed an order" on its plea to "review" the pay scales proposed in the tentative proposals given by them.
In a statement here, INS secretary general P K Lahiri said "as the wage boards did not pass an order on INS review petition, the Society was compelled to file a writ petition" in the High Court. The matter is listed for hearing on May 9.
Lahiri said the INS had pointed out that the proposed pay scales "suffered a major error inasmuch as the tentative proposals actually impose a higher burden of increase on pay scales of employees in the lower classes of newspapers with the burden reducing gradually for the higher classes".
Stating that this was the "reverse of what was intended and clearly amounted to an error", he said "there was a need to recalculate the scales of pay of employees in all class of newspaper establishments and thereafter given an opportunity to all concerned to react to the revised proposals."