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Around 78,000 State authorities unit did not study for work connected Tuesday, responding to calls by assorted associations, including the Joint Action Council of Tamil Nadu Teachers’ Organisation and Government Employees’ Organisation (JACTTO–GEO), which staged a one-day onslaught crossed Tamil Nadu pressing assorted demands.
Of the astir 8.5 lakh employees, who are attached to the Integrated Financial and Human Resource Management System (IFHRMS), implicit 78,000 were reported arsenic absent, authoritative sources said. The 8.5 lakh employees bash not see those who are moving successful Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), universities, and different parastatal agencies.
In Chennai, JACTTO–GEO staged a protestation astatine the Ezhilagam Complex, which houses respective units of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. Their protestation highlighted their assorted demands, with the superior request being the 1 calling for the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme for State authorities employees.
Business successful galore authorities offices were marginally affected, arsenic immoderate unit did not study for duty. Among departments, concern involving unit from the Commercial Taxes Department was deed the most, officials said. Official concern was not affected overmuch successful the State capital, including successful the Secretariat.
Reports connected absentees
When asked if the protestation was lone implicit the demands that were service-related oregon implicit the enactment relating to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls arsenic was being claimed by immoderate sections, officials said reports received were lone implicit the unauthorised absences careless of the benignant of demands. The percent of absentees was astir 8%-9%, they added.
