Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy has appealed to the striking employees to return to their duties immediately.<br />''The staff and teachers under the umbrella body called Joint Action Committee of Tamil Nadu Teachers Organizations and Government Employees Organizations JACTTO-GEO are on strike since the 22nd last month.<br />''<br />''They have given a nine-point charter of demands including restoring old pension scheme and giving the seventh pay commission arrears. <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Mr Palaniswamy has said in a statement, Tamil Nadu has implemented the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission within a month of receiving the report, though it costs the exchequer over 14,500 crore rupees per annum.<br />''<br />''He has said, increase in salary is also being made periodically despite the state facing financial stress. He has pointed out, some of the states do not announce a hike in dearness allowance, while some others have not been able to even give the salary in time.<br />''<br />''Stating that it is the duty of the staff to be mindful of the overall development of the state, he has appealed to the striking staff to resume work.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the state education department claims, 97 per cent of the teachers have resumed their work as on Tuesday and 1257 have been suspended.</span><br />