The Times of India              01.11.2013

NMC employees to get curtailed bonus by March

NASIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Thursday said the curtailed amount in the Diwali ex-gratia amounting to Rs. 2,000 is now to be deposited in the accounts of municipal employees by March end.

The decision to this effect was taken by the municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare following meeting with the city mayor Yatin Wagh, the chairman of the standing committee of NMC Ramesh Dhongade and other officials on Thursday.

Earlier, the Municipal Municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare on Wednesday had announced Rs 11,111 as Diwali ex-gratia for NMC employees, rejecting the elected representatives' proposal of Rs 13,111 as the amount on the ground of financial constraints.

The city mayor Yatin Wagh said, "I had meeting with the municipal commissioner Sanjay Khandare to revise his decision of giving Diwali ex-gratia amount as decided earlier by the civic body. Considering the financial condition of municipal corporation, it has been decided give curtailed ex-gratia amount of Rs. 2,000 to municipal employees by March end."

Mayor Yatin Wagh had revised the ex-gratia amount to Rs 13,111 from his initial announcement of Rs 11,111 on October 23 after the opposition party leaders demanded the revision and stormed out of a meeting. Wagh later sent the proposal to the municipal commissioner. But after a meeting with the officials of the accounts department, the commissioner cut down the ex-gratial to Rs. 11,100 for each employee.