Pinarayi Vijayan | Photo: Mathrubhumi
Thiruvananthapuram: The General Administration Department has issued an order granting permanent postings to 7 members of the Chief Minister’s personal staff who were on contract.
Those who received permanent posting include Pinarayi Vijayan’s political secretary. A recent move to provide permanent postings to these staff, which would result in pension and other benefits, had created a controversy.
The CM’s personal staff who received permanent posting and are: P. Dinesh – political secretary (salary scale: Rs 77,400 – Rs 1,15,200), Prabhakara Varma – press advisor (salary scale: Rs 93,000 – Rs 1,20,000), P. M. Manoj – press secretary (salary scale: Rs 77,400 – Rs 1,15,200), P. A. Basheer – personal assistant (salary scale: Rs 35,700 – Rs 75,600), E. V. Priyesh – clerk (salary scale: Rs 22,200 – Rs 48,000), P. Abhijith – office assistant (salary scale: Rs 16,000 – Rs 35,700), P. Ismail – chauffeur (salary scale: Rs 25,200 – Rs 54,000).
The press secretary has been granted permanent posting with effect from June 2019 while the others have been granted permanent posting with effect from 2016.
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