Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 23: The Jammu Kashmir Ladakh All Department Clerical Staff Coordination Committee (Jammu province) today observed complete strike on the first day of their three day long agitational program.
A large number of employees of all the factions, under the single banner of `Coordination Committee’ assembled at Udyog Bhawan, Rail Head Complex here today and started protest demonstration. They were shouting slogans in support of their demands. They also raised slogans against the Government for ignoring their issues despite recommendations of the Cabinet Sub Committee and High Court directives. They demanded that pay anomalies of the clerical cadre be removed without any further delay and that too, before the implementation of 7th Pay Commission report.
The protest demonstration was also held at various district headquarters. On April 24, the cadre has planned `Secretariat Gherao’ programme and protest march in Jammu city from Press Club of Jammu. Again, on April 25 the protest demonstration will be held at Jammu and other district headquarters. With the strike the normal work in many Government offices and PSUs was affected.
The cadre leadership has appealed the clerical colleagues across the State to paralyse the work of State Government while observing the strike programme. Further, all departmental presidents of Jammu district with their colleagues in good strength are requested to follow the programme and assemble at in Jammu for taking out grand rally to Secretariat. They have been requested to attend the Secretariat Gherao programme on Tuesday as march will start at 11 am from Press Club, Jammu to Civil Secretariat.
Prominent among those who addressed the gathering included Babu Hussain Malik, Ravi Singh Bhau, Bharat Bhushan, Anil Mehta, Sukhbir Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Ashok Singh, Yash Paul Sharma, B B Kotwal, Meenakshi Sharma, Ravi Kumar, Mohd Saleem, Mohd Latief, Onkar verma, Arun Sharma, Sewa Ram Rathore, Farida Bano, Umar Jan, Ansuya Gupta and others.
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