*GO No.12 reviving middlemen to hand outsourcing jobs to favourites*

Tadepalli, Feb 10: YSRCP Employees and Pensioners Wing State President Nalamaru Chandrasekhar Reddy criticised  the coalition government of conspiring to hand over outsourcing jobs to ruling party followers and revive the middlemen system through GO No.12. Speaking to the media at the party’s central office in Tadepalli, he said the government’s move is encouraging a broker-driven recruitment model that will expose thousands of small employees to exploitation again. He recalled that the previous YSRCP government under Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had created the APCOS system to protect outsourcing and contract workers from agency exploitation, ensuring timely salaries and security for over one lakh employees.

He stated that soon after coming to power, the coalition government began weakening APCOS and is now shifting recruitment back to private outsourcing agencies. He cited the recent Samagra Shiksha notifications, where nearly 50 percent of the posts meant to be filled through APCOS are being handed to private agencies, and warned that similar policies are being extended to welfare departments. He said the decision to pay salaries only for 10.5 months instead of 12 months is unjust and anti-worker.

Chandrasekhar Reddy stated that outsourcing employees are delivering critical services but their welfare is being ignored for the sake of commissions. He noted that several private agencies have a history of delaying salaries for months, creating insecurity among workers. He also flagged rising workload and pressure on village and ward secretariat staff, with repeated surveys and work stress leading to distress and reported deaths, yet the government remains unresponsive.

He demanded that GO No.12 be reconsidered, that outsourcing jobs remain under APCOS, and that all recruitments be conducted directly under government oversight. He called for timely salary payments, release of pensions and pending dues, and an end to policies that weaken employee protections. He warned that pushing workers back into a middlemen system would trigger unrest and deepen distrust among employees.