The work boycott call given by the association of general and OBC employees affected work in the Government offices on Friday. On the call given by the association, the employees gathered at the Parade ground in large numbers on the day and proceeded to march towards secretariat in protest against what they termed dilly dallying of the State Government in implementing the order of Supreme Court (SC) on reservation in promotion.
The march was stopped by the police near Subhash Chowk. The agitated employees then retorted to slogan shouting against the state government.
Speaking on the occasion, the President of the association of General and OBC employees, Deepak Joshi said that the State Government should remove the ban imposed on promotions without any further delay and undertake promotions as per the order of the SC. He also demanded that the new roster system in recruitment should be followed and the Government should not come under pressure on these issues.
The president of the State employee’s Joint council, Uttarakhand, Thakur Prahlad Singh said that the State Government should implement the order of SC and remove ban on promotions. He warned that the state would witness major worker unrest and the State Government would be solely responsible for it.
The general secretary of the forum, Arun Pandey said that everyone knows that separate state of Uttarakhand had its genesis in dispute on reservation. He said that reservation issue has again got ignited in Uttarakhand.