Ordeals of orderlies

HYDERABAD, Sept 19 :

 The GO issued on Thursday making it mandatory for all officers using constables as orderlies to send them back immediately brought cheers on the faces of the  constables. The  constables seem to heave  a sigh of  relief  on hearing  this  news  but  still they are Apprehensive when it will come into force as many of their  colleagues working  in the  officers houses  have not  yet  been  relieved.

According to a  source representing the constables here,  about 700 constables of the Armed  Reserve police  - Central Police Lines are working with senior officers  in various  cApacities. Except  for  200 constables   who were  posted  in the offices  the rest of  them  are working as cleaners, cooks, gardeners and caretakers.
Only a few have been relieved from their duties  till today, and we do not know what will hAppen to the rest, a constable  told the media.

Some of the constables shared  the ordeals they encountered   while working as orderlies. One  of the constables  who worked  as an orderly till recently interacting with  the media  said `` it was  really  a  very mean job. Early in the morning   I  had  to walk-in  do the gardening  work and even  take  the  pets  out for a walk.’’

Another  constable  who also worked in the  same  cApacity  told  the  press `` if  we refuse  to do  any work  that has  been assigned to us we are under   the  threat of suspension.  We know  we are  taking  a risk if  we  disAppoint our  bosses . So even though we  don’t like  to do it  we are forced to do it unwillingly.’’

Referring to the Government’s plan of  recruiting orderlies for  these  mean type  of jobs, the  constables  showed their  resentment  saying that Government  employees should not be  subjected to  such treatment. The officers  who are earning  good  pay pockets  should  go for  alternative  arrangements instead of  wasting the Government  machinery.