Chandigarh, August 31 (Press Ki Taquat)
The patwaris and kanungos in Punjab, under the aegis of The Revenue Patwar Union, have announced to proceed on a pen-down strike from Friday.
The patwari and kanungos had threatened to go on strike from September 1 in their meeting held on Saturday. They were warned by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann yesterday against proceeding on the pen-down strike. Provisions of ESMA have also been invoked against them. The union will be challenging the order in the court.
“The revenue officials also alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party had opposed the re-employment of retired patwaris when they were in the Opposition in 2021. But when they are in power, they have themselves started re-employing retired patwaris,” he said.
Interestingly, the representatives of the union were to meet a government delegation this morning, but the meeting was cancelled late last night.
