STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Patwaris across Jammu & Kashmir continued on 3-day pen-down strike on second day in protest over failure of the Government to redress their demands.
Under the banner of All Jammu and Kashmir Patwar Association, Patwaris across J&K abstained from their regular work and staged protest at their respective district headquarters. In Jammu, the protest of Patwaris was held in the complex of Deputy Commissioner Jammu. All basic members of the Association from district Jammu including Girdwars and Patwaris participated in the protest, which was led by Vinay Sharma, district president of the Association.
They raised slogans in support of their demands which include increase in the grade pay of graduate patwaris, timely departmental promotion of patwaris and girdawars, providing Government accommodation for the Patwar Khanas and basic facilities for running the Patwar offices, ban on direct recruitment of Naib-Tehsildars, creation of GQ circles and transfers of GQs out of the district. They also demanded the Government to solve the issues being faced by them in digitization process of land records.
