The Bengal Government had issued a notice cancelling all the leaves of the State Government employees and directing them to mandatorily attend office on March 28 and 29 the two days when the Left trade unions have called an all-India industrial strike.
The leaves taken if any without justification would be considered as “dies non” leading to deduction of salary and breakage in service officials said.
It says “in view of a call given by different trade unions and others for a 48-hour nationwide strike on 28th and 29th March, 2022, it has been decided that all state government offices shall remain open and all the employees shall report for duty on those days.
It has been decided that no casual leave or any other leave for absence either in the first half or in the second half or for the whole day shall be granted to any employee on the above-mentioned dates.”
It further asked “all Heads of Offices/Controlling Authorities concerned” to “issue Show-Cause notice to the employee(s) concerned, who will remain absent on March 28, 2022 and March 29, 2022 or on any of these 2 (two) dates, asking him/her to explain why action would not be taken against him/her for such unauthorised absence.
On receipt of satisfactory reply, leave due and admissible may be granted on production of documentary evidence on the grounds mentioned above.”
The strike has been called by a number of Left and Congress trade unions in protest against the alleged the anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people and anti-national policies” of the central Government.