All J&K Clerical Staff Association of the state government employees Wednesday extended their ongoing pen down strike till 19 April.
The association is observing pen down from 16 April to press for their demand of removal of pay anomaly.
“On Wednesday, the clerical cadre observed complete lockout in offices across the state while clerical cadre of Srinagar assembled at engineering complex Rajbagh to register their protest,” said Jeelani Naik, general secretary of the association.
He said that former finance minister had chaired meeting of pay anomaly committee on 9 October 2017 and later briefed the press that government is going to remove the clerical pay disparity with 7th pay commission.
“We are still waiting for the decision and announcement in this regard from the government,” he added.
The protestors said that they would prolong and intensify the ongoing protests in case government fails to respond to their demand.