PATWARIS GO ON THREE-DAY MASS CASUAL LEAVE

CHANDIGARH: Work in the Punjab revenue department came to a standstill as patwaris and kanungos moved on a statewide three-day mass casual leave on Wednesday to push for rationalisation of their salaries and other pending demands.

There are at least 1,700 patwaris and 500 kanungos serving in the state revenue department. Their other main demands are fresh recruitment of patwaris against the vacant posts and withdrawal of a corruption case registered against their colleague in Malerkotla.

Mohan Singh, general secretary of the state kanungo association said even as there are 3,000 posts of patwari vacant in the state, 1,090 patwaris recruited during the previous government’s tenure have not received their joining letters yet.