Revenue staff vow not to work overtime

Madurai: The executive committee meeting of the Tamil Nadu Revenue Officers Association (TNROA) which met in Madurai on Tuesday, has resolved that they would discharge their duties only during work hours and not on holidays, as they usually do to complete their work.

They also charged the Madurai district collector Dr S Aneesh Sekhar as authoritarian and not listening to their valid reasons or grievances. The collector’s attitude was a matter of concern and hence they resolved to follow the resolutions.

It was resolved that they would stick strictly to the working hours of 10am to 5.45pm on all working days, and that they would not work on weekends or holidays, except during natural disasters. They said that they had worked hard even during the Covid crisis. “We are ready to work with the collector for the betterment of the district by all means, but would like the collector to be more cordial and friendly while dealing with us,” said Muthupandian.

They demanded that the collector should ensure that the counselling for transfers for tahsildars and deputy tahsildars is strictly followed, as it was done in the past. Notice boards displaying the resolutions are to be kept in front of all the revenue offices. State general secretary M P Murugaiyan, vice-president K Tamilmani, district president L Muthupandian, district treasurer T M Gopi among others participated.