Moradabad: Hundreds of lawyers staged a protest on Friday morning against the decision of administrative officials to move the registry office out of the Collectorate building. The agitators blocked the road leading to Moradabad district magistrate Rakesh Kumar Singh’s office. A heavy police force was deployed in the area to prevent any untoward incident.Due to the protest, the DM was unable to enter his office. SSP Moradabad Ravindra J Gaud also reached the spot. The lawyers sat in front of DM’s office in an indefinite strike, demanding the registry office be brought back to the Collectorate. The protests subsided in the evening after the DM held a meeting with other administrative officials and assured the lawyers that the shifting of the registry office would be postponed.Recently, without any prior information, a decision to move the registry office out of the Collectorate on Delhi road had been taken.Speaking with TOI, Moradabad Bar Association general secretary Abhishek Bhatnagar said, “After the intervention of the district magistrate and the district and sessions judge, the matter was resolved in the evening . The DM assured the agitated lawyers that the decision to shift the registry office has been postponed and work will resume the next day in the old office only.”Bhatnagar added, “After their demand was fulfilled, the lawyers agreed to resume their work from Monday and the strike has been called off.”

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