Around 5.70 lakh out of 10.32 lakh state government employees have been denied their September salaries.
The 12-day emoluments for September have not been paid, so far, to the Telangana employees who joined the Sakala Janulu Samme (or the "people's general strike") from September 13.
However, in the Secretariat, almost everyone has received their pay. Only about 16 to 17 personnel from the Information & Public Relations Department were not paid.
The Kiran Kumar Reddy government had announced recently that under "No Work No Pay" Rule, the 12-day salaries of the agitating employees would be credited to their accounts. But so far, according to official sources, the remittance process has not begun. The employees have expressed anger for the non-payment of salaries, especially in view of 2 festivals - Dussehra and Deepavali - this month.
However, those working in the Police and Law departments received their pay on Saturday.
Some employees in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy, too, received their salaries.
Employees belonging to other departments were yet to be paid, as the district treasuries remained closed following the strike by their staff and officers in districts.
Confusion prevailed over the remittances of salaries, as the accounts of each and every employee needs to be calculated on the basis of the basic salary and deduction.
There was also some confusion bout who would draw the funds from the district treasury offices.
Further, the officials maintaining the rolls, too, reportedly did not present a clear picture of how many persons had worked and how many had abstained from work. (INN)