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VCK flagpole row: Protest over suspension of revenue staff
The New Indian Express
|December 12, 2024
AFTER three revenue officials were suspended for failing to prevent VCK cadre from erecting an unauthorised 46-feet flagpole in Velichanatham village, members of various associations such as the Tamil Nadu Village Administrative Officers Munnetra Sangam and Tamil Nadu Survey Officers' Union staged a protest at the collectorate on Wednesday, seeking to revoke the suspension orders.
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The protesters claimed the charges framed against the suspended officials were false. Meanwhile, the M Chatrapatti police on Tuesday registered a case against VCK functionaries for preventing government officials from performing their duties
This story is from the December 12, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express.
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