Dear Professional Colleagues, According to 6th pay commission the condition of Professional Assistants are pathetic. In the 4th pay commission, the Professional Assistants were in the pay scale of Rs. 1640-2900 which were equivalent to PGT’s in Kendriya Vidyalaya’s (KV’s) and Navodaya Vidyalaya’s (NV’s). In the 5th pay commission Professional Assistants were one step downgraded i.e., equivalent to TGT of KVs and NVs and the pay scale was 5500-9000. In 6th pay commission, again Professional Assistants have been downgraded by giving the pay band of Rs.9300-34800 + 4200GP which is equivalent to PRTs. And if situation continues like this than no doubt in the 7th pay commission the Professional Assistants will get the pay scale equivalent to LDC of Govt. of India. It is very sad to say that in spite of number of Library Associations working in India, no single association has raised this issue. Each and every association is only interested in upliftment of college and university librarians. Even nobody has shown any interest in School Librarian pay scales. But luckily school librarians are classified as TGTs, hence they are enjoying the benefits of TGT scales. In many Army Schools and other Public Schools in the country, librarians have been deprived by the new pay commission. If such type of step behavior will sustain, than in future young library professional will think hundred times to join in university and colleges below the post of Assistant Librarian. They will prefer to join as school librarian. Through this forum, I would like to request to all my fellow colleagues to raise this issue in all library associations and also write a letter to UGC Chairman to look into the matter. Until and unless we will not unite, no fruitful result will come. Anil Singh NCERT, New Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.