Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 8: All J&K Patwar Association continued its strike and protest on 8th consecutive day, today.
A large number of patwaries drawn from various parts of Jammu today assembled at DC office complex and staged dharna while raising slogans in support of their demands which include increase in the grade pay of graduate patwaris and timely departmental promotion.
They also demanded Government accommodation for the Patwar Khanas and basic facilities for running the Patwar offices. The agitating patwaries also sought ban on direct recruitment of Naib-Tehsildars and demanded creation of GQ circles and transfers of GQs out of the district.
Speaking on the occasion, the protesting patwaries said they were forced to resort to the path of agitation time and again by the authorities as despite assurance given by the Revenue Secretary in March 2022 that all their demands will be fulfilled within a month, nothing was done after a lapse of about one year.
Similar protests of patwaris were also held in other districts of Jammu province. They said that Government had promised to fulfill their demands last year in March but nothing has been done yet in that regard.
They demanded the Government to hike Grade pay of patwaries from Rs 2400 to 2800, bifurcate patwar halqas and grant 75 percent Naib Tehsildar quota to patwaries through promotion.
In Doda district, a large number of patwaries drawn from various parts of Doda City tassembled at Tehsil office complex and staged dharna from morning to evening while raising slogans in support of their demands which include increase in the grade pay of graduate patwaris and timely departmental promotion.
Meanwhile, CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami, while stating that the strike of patwaries has paralyzed working in Revenue Department, urged the Government to redress genuine demands of patwaries. He said the Government must talk to the representatives of the Association and take effective steps to settle their genuine demands.
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