hyderabad demanding that the state fulfil their longpending demands especially promotions and transfers more than 3000 teachers on tuesday staged a maha dharna at dharna chowk indira park there is no point in keeping entire power at pragathi bhavan the education minister should be given the freedom to take up transfers and promotions in her department said a narsi reddy teacher and mlc he added the state need not even spend a penny to give transfers and when it comes to promotions they are routine why delay them teachers who took part in the protest organised under the aegis of joint action committee of teachers organisation jacto and upadhyaya sanghala porata committee uspc demanded that the state government immediately promote upgraded pandits and pet to school assistants apart from taking up transfers and promotions the state should take up the issue of contributory pension scheme with the centre and work for its abolishment said n ramchander rao mlc