However, officials admitted that due to the strike, work at Tehsil's had been badly hit and that work of registration of properties was affected.
Prisons minister and state spokesman of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), Rajendra Chowdhary said the state government was ready for talks with the striking employees.
"The striking employees must trust the honest and goodwill of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for them and must return to work," he said in a statement.
Striking employee leaders said there was no official communication from the state government and added that they will settle for nothing short of a direct meeting with the chief minister.
President of the Rajya Karmachari Adhikar Manch, Ajay Singh told IANS that they were not averse to discussions but the government must make an honest move in this direction.
"During the rule of Mulayam Singh Yadav too, he had patiently heard out our problems and we had withdrawn our strike," Ajay Singh added.
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