Various works related to issuance of caste certificate, income certificate and gun license and others were adversely affected due to strike carried out by the members of Uttarakhand Ministerial Collectorate Employees Union on Wednesday.
To pressurise the State Government to meet their pending demands, UMCEU members boycotted work on the first day of their protest at Collectorate in Dehradun and other district headquarters. The protesters warned that their protest at district headquarters will continue for three days unless Government issues the necessary GO.
As Government officials were absent from their offices, visitors who reached the collectorate had to return back empty handed. Due to strike of collectorate employees, visitors’ applications for procuring caste certificate, income certificate were not received by the Janadhar officials. The association State general secretary Ashish Gupta said that despite written assurances regarding redressal of their pending demands given by the State government in December 2011, the State Government has not released sought
GO so far. The demands include reserving 10 per cent seats of Nayab Tehsildar posts for ministerial employees, reformation of collectorate and others.Other protesters said that despite submitting memorandum stating their demands to the administrative officials, they are yet to get any response from the State Government. Among those present in the protest were Buddhiram Bijalwan, Ram Bahadur, Raksha, Seema, Rajendra Kumar, Rishipal Singh, Devendra Sundiryal and others.