Civil Aviation minister Ajit Singh today set up a committee to resolve the issue of seniority of the employees of erstwhile National Airports Authority and International Airports Authority which got merged into Airports Authority of India. The committee will determine the inter-se seniority of all employees in different cadres after identifying principles and parameters for fixation of seniority.

The issue is pending since the merger took place into through an Act of Parliament in 1995. The committee will finalize the list of cadre wise seniority within 45 days. The committee will prepare a cadre-wise single and unified provisional seniority within 15 days which will be published on the website.

It will also be placed on notice board seeking objections if any from the individual employees in next 15 days before finalizing the same. The final seniority list will be published in another 15 days after disposing off the objections received thereon.

AIR correspondent reports the committee while finalizing the inter-se seniority will examine the recommendations of Justice Jain Committee and Krishnamurthy Committee set up in 1995 and 2005 respectively.

It will determine the inter-se seniority in accordance with those recommendations and guidelines of the Department of Personnel and Training.