Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 6

Members of the DC Office Employees’ Association postponed their strike till August 9 after assurance by Principal Secretary to CM Suresh Kumar and Finance Commissioner (Revenue) Ravneet Kaur. Sunil Kumar, a leader of the union, said the strike was called off by the noon and employees resumed their work. “The next course of action will be announced after knowing the government’s response on August 9.”

“Officials on behalf of the state government assured to take back the orders of discontinuing four posts of senior assistants and nine posts of clerks in the DC offices. This order had affected seven clerks who were recently promoted to senior assistants,” he said.

He said the government assured that these clerks would not be reverted to their previous positions. Promotion of superintendents of Grade-I and Grade-II have been stopped for the last one year. It was ensured that a decision in this regard will be finalised by September 30.

Meanwhile, members of the Revenue Patwar Union held a protest at the DC office in Amritsar on Friday. They raised slogans against the government for not accepting their long pending demands. Their demands include creation of a post of kanungo over seven patwar circles, full salary to newly recruited kanungo, reinstatement of old pension, adequate sitting arrangement for public and patwaris in offices, potable water supply and a night watchman for the safety of record at the office.