NGOs up in arms against IAS officers, plan stir

By Our Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM, AUG. 16. The AP Non-Gazetted Government Officers Association is up in arms against IAS officers, alleging harassment, and has decided to launch an agitation after August 24 if the Government fails to act in this regard.

An emergency executive committee meeting of the APNGGOs Association, held here on Thursday, to discuss the issue of suspension of five employees of the Visakhapatnam Collectorate in connection with defence land acquisition scam, also heard complaints from representatives of all the 23 district units against their Collectors and other IAS officers.

The much-agitated APNGGOs Association and the AP Revenue Services Association have decided to focus on the harassment they were allegedly being subjected to by IAS and IPS officers, politicians and Ministers.

On the defence land scam suspension issue, the State unit directed its local district and city units to launch an indefinite strike from August 25 if the suspensions were not revoked by August 24 while the units in other districts would be conducting a protest programme. An indefinite strike would be launched after August 27. On the issue of `harassment' of employees by IAS officers and others, the employees have set a deadline of August 24 and would chalk out their agitational programme.

Mr. G. Purnachandra Rao, chairman of the joint action committee of employees and president of the APNGOs Association, Mr.T. Sudhakar Prasad, general secretary of the APNGOs' Association and secretary of the State Revenue Services Association, and others expressed resentment over the way employees were being treated by IAS and IPS officers, politicians and some Ministers.

The NGGO leaders cited instances like the alleged harassment being meted out by the Joint Collector of Mahabubnagar, the Collector of Nalgonda not honouring the AP Administrative Tribunal's orders, and the Joint Collector of Visakhapatnam taking decisions contravening the existing GOs. The APNGGOs Association alleged that the Revenue Divisional Officer of Visakhapatnam was harassing the employees and that he did not honour the orders passed by the Collector on reinstating an employee.

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