Bandipora: Work in the District treasury office Bandipora came to standstill as the employees of Government Treasury and Accounts observed a strike pressing government to redress their long pending issues and accept the demands in earnest.
Employees who are on a one day strike protested in the premises of District Treasury Office Bandipora and was organized under the banner of Jammu and Kashmir Accounts Employees Association.
Protesting Employees impressed upon authorities to address their demands at an earliest.
Employee’s demands include De-linking of KAS from Accounts, Maintenance of 50:50 promotion quota at all levels, cadre reviews of employees, pay parity at par with Central audit and accounts.
District President Shabir ahmad said that, on 13th August, Employees Association protested so that Govt will redress genuine demands, ‘but instead Solving our demands, they fabricated a case against state president Mushtaq Ahmad Mugal, which is Quite Unfortunate and Condemnable act’. “Protesting Employees seeks attention of the higher authorities to address their demands at an earliest otherwise accounts fraternity has no other option but to proceed on strike,” Shabir said..