A large number of teachers and employees from the education department supported by Federation of Andhra Pradesh Teachers Organisation (FAPTO) staged a dharna before the Collector office against the new Pay Revision Commission (PRC) and demanded that the State Government should withdraw the Government Orders (G.Os) related to implementation of the PRCs immediately. The teachers also threatened to give strike notice if the government does not roll back the G.Os, by today evening.
Raising slogans against the State Government, the teachers tried to barge into the Collectorate. However, their bid was stalled by the police personnel who were deputed in a large number. The teachers then staged a sit-in protest and continued to raise slogans against the government and the PRC before the Collectorate. A large number of women also took part in the protest.
