PGI technical workers raise demands
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 20
Members of the PGI Engineering Technical Workers Association held a meeting with Mr G.S. Rosha, Superintending Hospital Engineer (SHE), yesterday.

A number of demands of the technical workers were brought up in the meeting. The demands related to cadre review, ACO scheme, filling of vacant posts, promotion norms etc. The SHE assured the workers that their demands would be fulfilled shortly. He stated that 300 new posts in various categories would be created soon.

SPORTS

Salawan school win school meet
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 20
Salawan Public School, Delhi defeated Rizvi Boys School, Mumbai, by 66 runs to win the Parle-G school cricket tournament at PCA stadium, SAS Nagar today.

Batting first Salawan school scored 245 for nine in their allotted 50 overs. Gaurav Sharma (73) and Gaurav Chabra (79) shared a second-wicket partnership of 161, the highest of the tournament. Narinder Singh (25), Maninder Singh (23) and Sushil Kumar (21) chipped in with other useful knocks.

Shoaib took three wickets while Anurag Pandey, Abdul Qadir, S. Mishra and Harvinder Singh took one wicket each.

In reply Rizvi Boys School could manage only 179 for seven in their 50 overs. After a disastrous start, when they were reduced to 19 for three and then 85 for six, Rizvi school were content to play out their overs without trying to go for a win. Harvinder Singh was their top scorer with 61 while Abdul Qadir remained unbeaten with 44 runs.

Deepak Rai, Mohinder, Ashutosh and Sushil Kumar claimed one wicket each. Three of the Rizvi batsmen were run out.

Nasir Ali of St. Joseph’s School, Hyderabad, was declared the man of the series while Gaurav Sharma bagged the man of the match award.

Amol Chauhan of Parle-G awarded the trophy to the winners.

ADMINISTRATION

ADA’s ouster condemned
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, April 20
UT Administration’s decision to terminate the ADA, Ms Anuradha Bali, has caused major ripples among different factions of the District Bar Association(DBA). Where a majority of the members are selling the view that advocates’ interference in an administrative decision is not in good taste, the other faction is in favour of garnering support for the ouster of the ADA. Ms Bali had been terminated by the Administration on April 18.

Elected members of the District Bar Association today held a meeting in the court and decided not to support Ms Anuradha Bali. The Secretary, Mr N.K Kapil, said the termination of Ms Anuradha Bali, was an administrative action and bar cannot interfere in it.

Mr Kapil further added that there was no ground to support her as she was not a member of district bar association and the executive body had not received requisition from Ms Anuradha Bali, till date.

Meanwhile, a group of lawyers comprising 50 members held a meeting in the bar association room at about 1 p.m. Number of advocates addressed the gathering and said Ms Bali, had become a victim of the system and it was their moral duty to support her. Later, Ms Bali also addressed the advocates and claimed that she would file a petition against the persons responsible for her termination. Interestingly she had given a list of about 67 advocates who had signed a statement condemning the decision.