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Non-existant posts occupied Chandigarh, November 28 Seeking anonymity and substantiating their argument, employees said a post of OSD to the Chairman was created on June 27, 1994, under the emergency power envisaged in regulation 14 (3) of the Punjab School Education Board and a woman was appointed on a contract basis with a salary of Rs 7,000 per month for six months. Notwithstanding loud protests by employees to fill the post from within the office, the incumbent was adjusted against the post of Deputy Director, Publication, which was a promotional post. Her appointment was challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Board lost the case and the incumbent lost the post. She was again appointed as Officer on Special Duty on a contract basis at a salary of Rs 10,000 per month. The contract period was extended regularly till July 12, 1999, and her salary was also enhanced to Rs 15,000. Usually the post of OSD is co-terminus with that of the Chairman. The Chairman sent an item before the Board of Directors to increase pay in the scale of Rs 10,025-15,100. The Board, while approving of the appointment, made the OSD’s tenure co-terminus with that of the Chairman. The post was, however, made permanent later on. In filling this post the authorities allegedly violated all rules governing appointments and violated the blanket ban on recruitment also. The contention of the employees is that the authorities did not ask them for the post. Nor were they considered for appointment. Sources revealed that another Director of the Punjab Education Department was asked to join the board as OSD in her own pay scale “against a vacant post”, although no such post existed. No wonder she has not been paid salary for the past five months. As from which head should the Board draw her salary is the question that is taxing officials. The Chairman of the Board had placed an item before the Board meeting on July 27 last, recommending the creation of a post in consultation with the Education Department and the Finance Department. The matter has been hanging fire since then. Officials pointed out that the Board had also appointed advocates as retainers on a contract basis for one year, extendable from time-to-time using the emergency powers. Officials said there was no emergency to invoke the emergency powers . Nor was there any need for appointing advocates on a retainer basis. The Board has its full-fledged Legal Cell consisting of full-time legal advisers and legal assistants. Nor was any legal advice ever sought from outside advocates appointed on a retainer basis . In these cases the Board did not seek prior approval of the board. All these appointments were made despite stiff written opposition put up by board officials, it is alleged. |
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Inter-state contests at DAV school Chandigarh, November 28 While there were 54 participants in the contest for reciting of shlokas, 24 teams of two participants each took part in the declamation contest, with most of the speakers choosing to speak on “Global Terrorism’’. Another popular topic among the participants was that of “Emergence of career-oriented women’’. Teams from city schools, Punjab, Haryana and other states of the region are participating in the one-week programme. The chief guest for the morning session, Dr Surinder Kumar Acharya from DAV College, Sector 10, highlighted the role of “gurukul” in ancient times. He said such contests helped the students in establishing a contact with their roots and national heritage. The results for the contest are as follows: Trophy: Sulekha and Anshul-DAV School, Surajpur; Yogesh-Moti Ram Arya School-Chandigarh (1) Sulekha-DAV, Surajpur, and Isha-GMSSS-16 (2); Geetakshi-Bhawan Vidyalaya, Pkl and Gopal Krishan-GMSSS-37 (3); Consolation: Shashi Kant-GMSSS-32, Abhishek-DAV-8, Vivek-GMSSS-16. Death anniversary observed Various contests were held to mark the death anniversary of the president of MRA Senior Secondary Model School, Sector 27, Hardyal Mahajan, here today. Dedicated to the cause of spread of education, Mr Mahajan was associated with the social welfare activities and promotion of culture. Contests held on the occasion include: painting, quiz, patriotic group song, salad making, craft items among others. Results announced The Chandigarh Librarians’ Association announced the results for the Competition Master Library Related Competitions held at St John’s High School on November 11, here today. The results are as follows: Essay writing contest: (Category III classes 9th to 12th) Gurleen Kaur (SGH Model School, Sec 38-D) I; Jasleen Kaur (Shivalik Public, Mohali) I; Harpreet Singh (St Kabir Public School, Sec-26 I; Tarvinder Kaur (SGGS Sr Sec School) II; Seema Thakur (SGGS Sr Sec School) II; Gurpreet Kaur (Shivalik Public School) II; Amarpreet (Dev Samaj School, Sec-21) III; Kulwinder Kaur (Govt Sr Sec School) III; Tanvi Mehta (DAV School, Sector 8, Panchkula) III; Category IV (College level and above): Kiran (Sanskrit Dept PU Chandigarh) I; Preeti Mehta (Dev Samaj College of Education) I; Gurmanjot Kaur (SGGS College for Girls, Sec-26) II; Anuradha (Govt College, Sec-46, Chd) II; Hemant Sharma (DAV College, Sec-10) II; Manjeet Singh (Govt College, Sec-46) III; Jyoti Sharma (Dev Samaj College of Edu Sec-36) III; Juhi Mukherjee (MCM DAV College, Sec-36) III. Category V (Parents, teachers and the general public category) Dr Harjeet Kaur Lecturer (Govt Sr Sec School, Sec-46) I; Sh Raj Narain Awasthi, (PU, Chandigarh) I; Vikram Juneja, Teacher (Mt Carmel School, Sec-47) I; Ramesh Chander Sharma (Adarsh High School, Sec-28) II; Swapana Kanojia (Mt Carmel School, Sec-47) III; Harinder Mohan Singh (House No. 658/2, Sec 38-A) III; Collage making competition: Category III (Classes IX-XII): Gurpreet XI (Sanjay Public School, Sec-44, Chd) I; Kanu Priya XI (Govt Model SSS, Sec-46) I; Babita IX DAV Public School, Sec-8, Pkl) II; Arashdeep Kaur IX (Manav Mangal School, Sec-21) III; Tanvi Mehta X (DAV Public School, Sec 8, Panchkula) III Category IV (College level and above): Bhawna Ranjan B.Com III (SD College, Sec-32) I; Jaswinder Kaur BA III (Govt College, Sec-46) II; Sunita Bhatia B.Ed (DS College of Edu Sec-36) II; Maninder Kaur BA-I (MCM DAV College, Sec 36) III Category V (Parents, teachers & gen public): Sanjeev Arora, Fine Arts Master (Govt SSS, Sec 20-D) I; Handwriting (left out
results): Diwakar KG (Roll No. 1921) I; Simranjeet Kaur Imm (Shivalik
Public, Mohali) I; Monika Thakur II (St Marys School, Sec 46) I;
Harshdeep Singh Sandhu III (St Marys School, Sec-46) I; Aarushi Sondhi
IV-A (Mount Carmel, Sec-47B) I; Tajinder Kaur VC (Manav Mangal, Sec
21, Chd) I; Gurmeet Kaur KG (St Marys School, Sec-46) II; Kamaljeet
Dhiman IA (Mt Carmel, Sec 47) II; Arzoo IA (SGHS Public School,
Sec-38) II; Tanvi IIIB (St Stephens, Sec-45) II; Akshita Gupta IV
(Little Flower Convent, Panchkula) II; Harmanjot Kaur VM (Shivalik
Public School, Sec-41B) II; Sarvesh KG (Ankur Preparatory School) III;
Jayant Chaudhary ID (St Johns Sec-26) III; Sarthak Mehta IA (Shivalik
Public School, Chd) III; Malika Sekheri III (St Stephens, Sec-45) III;
Abhishek Dhawan IVA (Govt Model SSS, Sec-16) III; Harvinder Singh V
(Paragon Sr Sec School, Chd) III. |
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Giddha, bhangra reign supreme at PU festival Chandigarh, November 28 Audience enjoyed every moment of the session where entertainment reigned supreme and the dances added life to the programme. While there were only two entries each, in the classical dance and group dance categories, the Punjabi folk dance category had entries from all participating colleges. Girls, dressed in suits of vibrant hues, entertained the audience with their bolis. Boys, too, put all their energy into the vigorous movements of the bhangra for a zestful performance. Later, the Home Secretary, Mr R.S. Gujral, gave away prizes to the winners. He appreciated the enthusiam shown by the students. The Joint Secretary, Mr K.A.P. Sinha, was also present on the occasion. In the morning session, preliminaries and final round of the
quiz contest were held in the college hall. It was an 11-round closely contested quiz between the teams from Government College, Sector 11, and GGDSD-32 which saw SGGS-26 being eliminated in the
preliminarie round. The Director, Public Relations, Mr Vivek Atray, was the chief guest at the quiz. The results: Quiz: GGDSD-32 Preeti Awasthi, Preetpal Singh, Vikram Ramarajan) (1); GC-11-(Anant Modgil, Ravjot Singh, Amandeep Wadhan) (2); DAV-10-(Rohit Mandhotra, Kunal Sharma, Gaurav Sood) 3. Group dance: GC-46 (1), SD-32 (2); individual prizes: Balbir Singh- of GC-46 (1), Anu Rana of SD-32) (2); Classical: Neha Tayal-SD-32 (1), Rajni Ajmera of GCA-10 (2); bhangra: GC-11 (1), SGGS-26 (2); Individual prizes: Rattanjit of SGGS-26 (1), Gurdarshan of DAV-10 (2), Amandeep of SD-32 (3); giddha: SGGS-26 (1), SD-32 (2), GCA-10 (3); individual: prizes: Sukhdarshan of SGGS-26 (1), Sumit of SD-32 (2), Kirandeep of GC-46 (3). Meanwhile, the vice-president of the SGGS Students’ Council said the students were protesting against the result by raising slogans at the venue, but while they were going towards the hostel raising slogans, the police began lathi-charge without any provocation. “In an attempt to save ourselves, we broke window-panes to find routes to escape. Later, we locked the gates and demanded an apology from the police,” he said. The president of the council, Amandeep Singh, added that their college Principal, Mr P.S. Sangha, had assured them of the apology from the police following which they opened the gates of the college. The Principal, Mr Sangha, was however, not available for comments. Unhappy with the results of the bhangra contest and to protest being placed second in the contest, the boys from SGGS college Sector 26, turned rowdy. They shattered window-panes of classrooms, broke tables and even locked the college gates, denying exit to staff, students and others present at the function. These students also smashed window-panes of parked vehicles while the police and the contingent in charge expressed helplessness in controlling the crowd. Things became normal after about half-an-hour. Reacting to the incident, the Principal, Dr. S.N. Singla,
said,`Even if they were unhappy with the results, they could have lodged a protest with the standing committee for the festival. Their act was uncalled for and such items should be withdrawn if these resulted in such rowdy protests.’’
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PU semester
exams postponed Chandigarh, November 28 An official press note issued today stated “new dates of examination will be intimated to the chief co-ordinators and centre superintendents. Candidates can get in touch with them”. The examinations which have been postponed include: LLB(third semester) Administrative Law; LLB(sixth semester) Civil Procedure Code-II; M Lib Sc (first semester) Universe of Knowledge and Research Methodology; B Lib Sc (first semester) Library and Society; B Arch(third semester) Building Services-III; B Arch(fifth semester) Building Bylaws-V; MCA I(CSO2 com.prog); MCA II (CS13 (Com.graph theory); and B Sc (third semester) Medical Surgical Nursing and Pathology. |
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PU denies move to close Evening Studies Dept Chandigarh, November 28 This was stated in an official press note issued here today. “The news is without any basis and as such there is no proposal to close the department. The university is planning to cut down the wasteful expenditure, if any, but there is no move to close any of its teaching departments”, the release said. The university said the meeting held yesterday was to recommend procedures for “discussion on the budget to ensure the same is adequate and fruitful”. |
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Library opened
in Khuda Alisher Chandigarh, November 28 The newly-opened library will form part of the Swasth Jeewan Kendra, being run by the society for the past seven years in the village. Mr Onkar Chand, Secretary of the Society appreciated the sponsors for having donated Rs 51,000 for the library. A cultural programme was also organised by students of Government High School, Khuda Alisher on this occasion. Ms Sarita Shashi, the school principal commended the setting up of the library as an effort to promote community feeling in the village and help inculcate reading habits among children. |
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District Courts canteens raided Chandigarh, November 28 A team of Inspectors of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, UT, raided the canteens at about 1 p.m. One of these canteens is run by the District Bar Association while the other is run by Administration. The officials took sample of the meat sold at the kiosk canteen while samples of some other items were taken from the other canteen. On November 26, a lawyers’ body, Lawyers For Social Reform, had sent a complaint to the UT District Magistrate, the Director, Health Services, and the Medical Officer that unhygienic food was being sold at these canteens. The body had alleged that the canteen contractor of the licensed canteen on the ground floor of the lawyers’ chamber complex, on District court premises, had been selling sub-standard eatables prepared in sub-standard oil. Earlier, an Inspector of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, UT, had raided the court canteen on June 21 after receiving a complaint from members of the District Bar Association. But the department officials could not draw samples as the canteen contractor had fled from the spot. The Treasurer of the District Bar Association, Mr Vinod Kumar Verma, said the UT Health Department had done a good thing and it would help in maintaining the standard of eatables in these canteens. |
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CONSUMER
COURT Chandigarh, November 28 Finding the Telecom Department guilty of gross deficiency in service, the Consumer Forum has allowed the complaint moved by the city resident, Mr S.C. Kapoor, and directed the Telecom Department to pay a sum of Rs 5,000 towards the cost of the case, and compensation of inconvenience and harassment undergone by the complainant and deprivation of the facility for three days. The complainant stated that he had paid the bill on January 29, 1999 in the post office of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. But to his utter surprise his telephone was disconnected suddenly on March 17, 1999 and he received a computerised message that the telephone had been disconnected due to non-payment of the bill. He sent his daughter to look into the matter. She was made to run from pillar to post and ultimately his phone was restored on March 19, 1999 at 4 p.m. The complainant alleged that his telephone remained disconnected from March 17, 1999 till March 19, 1999 due to deficiency in services of the Department. The complainant said that his son had filed a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the department for non-installation of telephone connection, giving rise to prejudice against the complainant. He was, therefore, harassed on this account by the disconnection of his telephone for non-payment of a bill, which stood already paid. For the harassment of the case and deficiency in service, the complainant has claimed an amount of Rs 70, 000 as compensation. |
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Ensure justice to all: Judge Chandigarh, November 28 He said a majority of the people residing in Haryana were ignorant of their legal rights and remedies available to them under the law and the Haryana State Legal Services Authority was providing free legal services to these people in the shape of engaging counsel for them at the state expenditure, besides paying court fee and other expenses. |
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HC moved against entry fee for Test Chandigarh, November 28 In a petition filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr Naresh Chander Chadha said the directions were being sought for the benefit of not-so-well-off cricket buffs in the area. He added that they would be deprived of the pleasure of watching the game because of the entry fee. The petitioner added that there was no need for charging the fee as enough money would flow from the sale of television rights. Otherwise also, the BCCI was one of the richest organisations in the country, he stated. His counsel added that entry ticket was not being charged from spectators watching hockey or other sports events. Even the National Games at Ludhiana were free for all, he concluded. The petition is likely to be taken up by the court tomorrow. |
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Another witness
records statement Chandigarh, November 28 The defence advocate raised objection that the prosecution had not supplied the copy of the documents which were signed by Jagtar Singh Hawara. The Judge adjourned the case for December 5 and directed them to supply the copy of the documents to the defence counsel.
Bail granted Accused Kulbir Singh was granted bail by a local court in a case under the NDPS Act. It was alleged that the accused was arrested from Mani Majra on November 12 with 1.8 g smack. |
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