Govt office staff extend mass leave indefinitely

Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 27

Residents visiting the state government offices, including the sub-registrar offices and sub-division-level offices of the region, continue to suffer as the ministerial staff affiliated with the state DC Offices Employees’ Union today announced to go on mass leave indefinitely after suspending work for three days.

Uncertainty about working of the union has also dampened enthusiasm among residents about the inauguration of the new district, which is scheduled to take place on June 5.

Ajay Sharma, a deed writer at the local sub-registrar office, the members of the DC Offices Employees’ Union were to go on mass leave only for three days but they had decided to intensify their protest and extended the leave indefinitely.

The decision to go on mass leave indefinitely had increased problems for all stakeholders, including officers, public and facilitators working for the assistance of clients.

“Though we have tried to intimate the majority of our regular clients, there were still many residents who felt disappointed on reaching the government offices today,” said Ajay Sharma, maintaining that some clients insisted on taking online appointments every day, expecting resumption of work on the next day.

An office-bearer of the union, Amrit Pal Singh Pannu, alleged that the government had turned a deaf ear to the demands of the employees. “Though the union had notified the government about our proposed phased agitation, we were not even invited for talks once. Since the government is not ready to listen to our demands, we have decided to extend our mass leave indefinitely,” he added, maintaining that the organisation would hold an online review meeting on Sunday. — OC

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