Revenue staff to go on strike today

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 5. Revenue staff abstained from work today at the office of the Chief Commissioner for Land Administration (CCLA) here, the State headquarters for revenue administration, and squatted in a mass dharna as a precursor to the indefinite strike planned by them from midnight of Thursday.

They are demanding an end to `victimisation' by District Collectors and reinstatement of Mr. N. Ananda Rao, office superintendent in Visakhapatnam Collectorate, who has been suspended in connection with the `Defence land scandal.'

The Revenue Minister, Mr. P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, whose talks with staff leaders yesterday failed, appealed to the employees to defer the strike by at least four days.

Mr. T. Sudhakara Prasad, general secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Revenue Services Association, which is leading the strike, ruled out any such wait and wanted reinstatement at once.

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