To put pressure on the State Government for their pending demands, State Employees’ Joint Council Uttarakhand (SEJCU) continued its indefinite State-wide strike on Friday. large number of Government employees of various departments assembled at Parade ground in Dehradun and other district headquarters and shouted anti Government slogans.
The association State general secretary Pradeep Kohli said that the association members will lock their offices on October 28 in support of release of Government order for fulfillment of their demands. Kohli further said that a delegation of association members met the Chief Secretary on October 24 evening. The meeting with the Chief Secretary was positive and productive but as per announcement, Government has failed to release GO fulfilling 23-point demands by October 25 evening. “We have decided to continue our protests unless & until government releases the sought GO,” he added.
“We have submitted several memorandums demanding redressal of pending demands addressed to the Chief Minister through Government officers earlier but no action has been taken towards fulfillment of our demands. We were compelled to carry out indefinite strike across the State,” he added He said, “Their demands include the removal of pay anomalies among State Government employees, timely promotions, fixing the age limit for State employees at 62 years and others.”