Sub-Registrar office employees extend mass leave till today

Our Correspondent
Mandi Ahmedgarh/Raikot/ Payal, May 25

Residents visiting the Sub-Registrar offices of the region for getting registration-related and miscellaneous works done were left disgruntled, as the ministerial staff affiliated with the Punjab DC Offices Employees Union had proceeded on a mass leave for the second day today.

Earlier, the notice was only given for two days but the staff has now extended its leave till tomorrow.

Bhoj Raj Sharma, a resident of Subhash Nagar, Ahmedgarh, and a former councillor and social worker, said routine work at the Sub-Registrar Office had remained interrupted due to various reasons in the past days.

“While the members of the Revenue Officers Union had earlier shunned work to get their demands accepted, now the reason being told is an action program of the members of the ministerial staff,” said Sharma, adding that elected members of the rural local bodies were also harassed a lot as they had to accompany residents repeatedly to attest genuineness of their claims.

“Problems have compounded now as almost all services are available after making an appointment with the officials online but the system does not reflect interruption of a particular service due to a strike or non-availability of the concerned official,” said Munish Sharma.

Amrit Pal Singh Pannu, patron of the Sangrur unit of the union, said the state body had notified the state government about the mass leave in advance so that inconvenience to the public was minimised.

“Unfortunately, the government has not even taken notice of our resentment due to non-acceptance of our long-pending demands,” said Pannu.