Over 14K revenue officials in TN begin indefinite strike
New Indian ExpressCHENNAI: From office assistants to tahsildars, over 14,000 employees of the revenue department across the state commenced their indefinite strike on Tuesday urging the state to fulfil its demands that include creation of deputy tahsildar posts. Talking to TNIE, MP Murugaian, president of Tamil Nadu Revenue Officials Association said the employees and officials were forced to start an indefinite strike since their two earlier requests were ignored by the government. “But for the past 10 months, the government has not passed any orders to execute the promises,” he said, adding the revenue officials are engaged in implementing all flagship programmes of the government. “The revenue department is issuing as many as one crore certificates per year through online services.