The State government has decided to change the working hours of government offices from 8 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. during April and May in eight districts in North Karnataka.
Sources said here on Tuesday that the State Election Commission was consulted before the decision to change the working hours in the eight districts, in view of the possibility of elections to the gram panchayats being held in May this year.
In the event of the Election Commission announcing the dates of the gram panchayat elections in May, the government offices in these eight districts would function as usual from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
The districts where the working hours have changed are Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichur, Bidar, Ballari and Yadgir in Kalaburagi Revenue Division and Vijayapura and Bagalkot in the Belagavi Revenue Division.
Earlier, president of the Kalaburagi unit of the State Government Employees Association Raju Lengti had made a plea to the State government seeking a change.
