KCR Sets Up Committee To Look Into Payments For Archakas 

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has set up a committee on Monday for drafting a comprehensive plan with regard to payment of salaries and other allowances to the 5,800 Archakas and other employees of 650 temples which come under Endowments Department.

"Chief Minister has constituted a committee and said all the issues pertaining to Archakas will be solved by Sankranthi festival," a statement from the Chief Minister's office said.

The committee will have Endowments Minister A Indrakaran Reddy as chairman, adviser to the Government on cultural affairs K V Ramanachary, Chief Secretary SP Singh and Endowments Commissioner Shivshankar, among others.

Chief Minister has constituted a committee and said all the issues pertaining to Archakas will be solved by Sankranthi festival

It will study issues such as opening one head of account to pay salaries to the Archakas and others through their bank accounts, one-work-one-salary system in line with Supreme Court directives, regularisation of employees, issues related to roster system, etc.

KCR also asked the officials to examine whether Archakas and other employees should be regularised like the outsourcing employees under the power department, the statement said.