Chandigarh, March 5: Following the move, joint action committee of the Revenue Department decided to proceed on mass leave from Wednesday hours after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann issued a stern warning to protesting Revenue Officials, the Punjab Government suspended 15 Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars, including Punjab Revenue Officers’ Association chief Lachman Singh Randhawa, with immediate effect for not performing their official duty.
Earlier in the day, the Punjab Revenue Officers’ Association called off their strike. However, the association members said they won’t execute registries till March 7. The orders for their suspension were issued by Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Anurag Verma.
It said that these Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars were placed under suspension because they refused to register sale deeds.
Tehsildars in Punjab, who had been on strike since Monday, returned to work on Tuesday afternoon after the CM directed them to join their duties immediately or face action.
Punjab Revenue Officers’ Association had announced that property registrations would be suspended until March 7 to protest the Vigilance Bureau action against a Sub-Registrar, Nambardar, registry clerk and others in Ludhiana over their alleged involvement in a fraudulent land deal.
Following the call, Tehsildars went on mass casual leave, disrupting property registrations at several locations across the state.
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