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Group clash outside district courts CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — Two groups threw stones at each other and brandished swords as they clashed outside the district courts complex in Sector 17 here this evening. Collection of antlers banned CHANDIGARH,Sept 29 — With a view to checking the dwindling population of deer in the country, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has banned the collection of antlers shed by chital and sambar from forests of the country. Job racket involves fake SC orders CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — A major racket of getting government employees reinstated or confirmed in their jobs on the basis of fake "directives" of the Supreme Court has been unearthed by the local unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation. |
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 CBSE rides roughshod over visitors' feelings CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — Can a government office declare a "holiday" without prior intimation? The answer may be no, but the local office of the Central Board of Secondary Education seems to disagree.
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Bail
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Swarn Shatabdi to halt at Ambala Transport workers stage dharna |
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Group clash outside district
courts CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — Two groups threw stones at each other and brandished swords as they clashed outside the district courts complex in Sector 17 here this evening. While no one was seriously injured, six persons — three from each group — have been arrested even as others managed a slip to the police. As many as 15 persons are said to have escaped in the melee despite the courts being right opposite the Sector 17 police station and police party being stationed outside the courts. The two groups had come separately for a hearing in the murder case of former Punjab MLA, Bachitter Singh. The trial of the case had been transferred from Kharar to Chandigarh. The case came up for hearing today but a further date was given. Mr Rajbir Singh, a son of the slain MLA was in one of the groups. The root cause of the clash is said to be a verbal duel between Harjit Singh, a witness in the case, and the other group. Harjit Singh, is also among the arrested persons. Within minutes the verbal duel that started outside the court complex developed into a full fledged fight. The groups stoned one another while some of the youngsters rushed to their cars parked nearby and brought out swords to threaten other. The police has registered two cases of rioting. One case is against Harjit Singh , Sajjan Singh and Lucky. In the other case Karamjit Singh Bunty, Mewa Singh and Balwinder Singh have been booked. Sections 147, 148, 149, 506 and 323 of the IPC have been invoked to register a case. This is the second case of rioting in the past two months outside the district courts complex. Earlier a shooting incident had taken place.
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Collection of antlers banned CHANDIGARH,Sept 29 — With a view to checking the dwindling population of deer in the country, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has banned the collection of antlers shed by chital and sambar from forests of the country. The ban comes into force with immediate effect following an order issued by the ministry, informed sources said here today. According to sources in the wildlife department, the order has been issued following reports of killing of a large number of deer by poachers for the sake of obtaining their antlers. This has resulted in the population of herbivores declining fast as even in the protected areas the killing of deer was rampant. Before the issuance of the orders, under the provisions of the Wildlife Act 1972, anyone, particularly, the people of tribal areas were free to collect antlers of different species of deer from jungles without having them killed. The provision had been made to enable them to earn their livelihood by making different artefacts out of horns of the stag. However, it was found that the poachers were taking undue advantage of the provision by killing deer and passing the antlers as if these had been shed by the deer naturally in jungles from where these had been collected by the locals. But what had alarmed the authorities was the fact that the poachers had been mixing the antlers of 'hingul' also known as Kashmiri stag, which is one of the most endangered species of deer. Once the antlers of 'hingul' were mixed with the ones of the other two lesser endangered species by cutting these into pieces, it was very difficult to separate the antlers. Another reason behind the ban was that recent studies have shown that antlers play an important role in recycling the calcium content and other nutrients in a number of animals, particularly in case of deer, for which the protection of this part of the animal was necessary, the order said. As the Kashmiri stag was considered to be most endangered species, it has been protected under schedule I of the Wildlife Act, according to which hunting of the stag is totally prohibited. However, the provisions regarding ''sambar' and 'chital' are not as stringent, as both of these could be killed for research with the permission of the state government concerned. In a similar bid to discourage the poaching of deer for antlers, the Ministry of Commerce had already prohibited the export of articles by issuing a notification in this regard on August 4.
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Job racket involves fake SC orders CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — A major racket of getting government employees reinstated or confirmed in their jobs on the basis of fake "directives" of the Supreme Court has been unearthed by the local unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). It is being estimated that hundreds in various government and semi-government offices in Punjab may have been confirmed or reinstated in their jobs on the basis of such fake orders, allegedly managed by an Amritsar-based lawyer, Arun Madaan. A team of the CBI raided the house of Madaan in Amritsar yesterday and arrested him. The lawyer has been booked under Sections 420, 467 and 468 of the IPC, according to sources. The CBI team took into possession 25 such fake "directions" from his house that were issued to various government offices in Punjab. These include the offices of the Upper Bari Doab Circle, Amritsar, and Gurdaspur, the Irrigation and Drainage department, among others. Only on the basis of these 25 fake directives, around 75 persons have been given employment. Most cases pertain to office disputes of suspension or ad-hoc employees and of daily wage employees whose services are usually dispensed with after a certain period. It is being believed that what the CBI may have seized during the raids is just like the proverbial tip of the iceberg. The exact number of fake "directions" on the basis of which many employees may be enjoying the benefits of a government job is yet to be ascertained. The fake "directions" issued on behalf of the apex court look so real that even the size and style of bright red coloured seal used by the court is duplicated to perfection. The name of the judges, lawyers, petitioners and respondents are also mentioned in the format used by the court. Fake diary and despatch numbers are also given to make the "directions" look authentic. In all these cases Madaan has been represented by his junior "Rajesh Kumar" in the Supreme Court. In an effort to make his operations as a lawyer in the Supreme Court look genuine, Madaan also used to give an address of New Delhi to his clients, according to sources. To "fight" the case of the aggrieved employees, Madaan used to charge a fee between Rs 7000 and Rs 14,000. Once an employee approached Madaan. The lawyer used to convince the employee and the authentic looking Supreme Court directions used to be despatched to the concerned office within a few days. This naturally enabled many people to get jobs or get themselves reinstated. The racket started by Madaan around 18 months ago may have carried on but for an alert Superintending Engineer of the Upper Bari Doab Circle, Amritsar. The engineer received one such order which would have benefited two employees — Surinder Pal and Shamsher Singh. The two employees had lost their respective cases in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The engineer sent the "orders" of the "Supreme Court" for verification to the apex court itself where it was found out that no such orders were ever issued. A Registrar of the Supreme Court then wrote to the CBI in July to take up the matter. Today Madaan was produced in the court of the Special Sub-Judge at Patiala to seek a remand. Cases of the CBI in Punjab are put up in Patiala in the designated court only.
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Girl's body recovered from Sukhna CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — Two bodies — that of a teenaged girl who had jumped into the Sukhna and a labourer who was caught in fire on Sunday morning — were recovered by the police this morning. The body of Paramjeet Kaur (19), who had jumped into the lake on Sunday evening was found floating on the lake this morning. A resident of Sector 32, she was a student of Class XII. On Sunday she had left her home on a scooter. On the same night her scooter was found in the parking lot at Sukhna lake. Her parents went to the Sector 34 police station the same night and complained about the missing girl. Meanwhile, a team of SAS Nagar fire department extracted the body of Jang Bahadur, who was killed in a fire accident in the basement of a Sector 26 showroom. The body was found in a highly decomposed state, police sources said. Teams of the fire departments of Panchkula and SAS Nagar were called in this morning. The teams used oxygen masks to enter the basement of the showroom. Ram Iqbal, another victim of the same fire, had died yesterday at the PGI. It was Ram Iqbal who told the police in his dying moments that Jang Bahadur was trapped inside. The body of Jang Badadur could not be taken out of the basement in the past two days due to the basement having got filled with water during fire fighting operations on Sunday.
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CBSE rides roughshod over CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — Can a government office declare a "holiday" without prior intimation? The answer may be no, but the local office of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) seems to disagree. Today it declared a "holiday" in its office, putting hundreds of persons to a lot of inconvenience, who had come to the office for various works. A large number of visitors from far-flung areas of the region had to return disappointed on account of the "undeclared holiday". They alleged that the holiday was declared without any prior intimation as only yesterday the CBSE authorities had said that the office would remain open on Tuesday. Tempers ran high as no senior official of the CBSE was in the office to listen to the grievances of the visitors. But what made matters worse was the indifferent attitude of the staff "working" in the office despite the "holiday" as they did not entertain any enquiries. Ms Moxi, an advocate from Ludhiana, alleged that since morning they were being harassed by the staff since none of their enquiries was being entertained. Repeated phone calls to the residence of the CBSE Joint Secretary, Mr Y. P. Katyal, failed to brighten up things. She also alleged that staff members misbehaved with visitors. Showing his "leave warrant", Subedar Mewa Singh from Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir alleged that as tomorrow was the last date for the submission of his daughter's migration certificate from the CBSE to the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), he did not know what to do. Similar was the problem of Mr Manish Sharma from Bhiwani, who complained that the CBSE should at least have the courtesy to inform the public that the office would remain closed so that they could have not been put to so much of inconvenience. Mr C. S. Dhillon , a resident of Amritsar, and Mr Vinod Kumar of Faridabad, had similar tales of woe to tell. But the most worried were the visitors who had come for getting the migration certificates as the last date for the submission of certificates to respective state boards is September 30. Meanwhile, a number of visits by local residents to the office proved futile as their work was not done. Mr Amarjit Singh, a resident of SAS Nagar, said that he visited the CBSE office twice but without any success. Repeated efforts to contact Mr Katyal at his office and home proved futile.
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Grand Jatra marks Durga Pooja CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — Today was a climactic and devotional day for the Bengalis of Chandigarh and the other faithful at Kalibari. Durga Ashtami, Maha Ashtami and Saraswati Poojan were performed with great piety and devotion on the premises at the junction of Sectors 31 and 47. In the past week, hundreds of people belonging to various regions and religions of the country have visited this centre of harmony. From seven in the morning till late at night, the rituals have been conducted according to the traditions and the blessings of Mother Goddess invoked on mankind by priests and common men alike. The morning saw pooja and mahabhog. The highlight of the evening celebrations was an authentic performance of the Jatra, the most durable and soul-sustaining form of Bengali theatre. The skilled performers had come from various parts of the city and were at their artistic best. A souvenir containing informative articles and poems was released by Mr Kamaleshwar Sinha, an alumnus of Visva-Bharati-Santiniketan. Mr Sinha traced the religio-cultural history of Bengal in the context of the Indian civilisation and emphasised on the grace of motherhood. Brig S.N. Mukherjee, Chairman of the Durga Pooja Committee, and Mr T.M. Sinha, along with other officials, exhibited exemplary organisational capacity. SAS NAGAR: The Bengali Club here brought out the beauty of Bengali culture through the celebration of the Durga Pooja Mahotsava at Radha Krishna Mandir, Phase II. Mr D.C. Deb Nath, president, took good care of the management and of the proceedings of the day. Among the participants were a large number of women and children. Pracheen Kala Kendra and Bedi Orchestra rendered yeoman service. There was an on-the-spot painting competition for children in two groups—8 years to 10 years and 11 years to 14 years. In the first group, Preeti Kaur, Pooja Roy, Mithu and Tindra Ghosh excelled; in the second one, Tamanna Roy and Sandeep distinguished themselves. Mr Sandeep Joshi, Staff
Cartoonist and Artist of The Tribune, judged the painting
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Notice to complainant in Mayor
case CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — The Chandigarh Administration today moved an application in the court of Mr Tejinder Singh, Judicial Magistrate, seeking permission for withdrawing the case pending against Mr Gian Chand Gupta, Mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. The application said that it was not in public interest to prosecute the Mayor. It added that no overt act had been attributed to Mr Gupta in the FIR. The magistrate issued notice to the complainant on the application of the Administration. The complainant in this case is K.B. Sharma, Superintending Engineer with the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. Sharma is in police
custody in connection with the kickbacks case registered
against him and other officials of the Engineering
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Dalit front to open overseas branch CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — The All-India Minority and Dalit Front will open an overseas branch in North America to serve the Indian minorities and Dalits there. Announcing this decision here yesterday Mr Sewa Singh Sekhwan, National President, All-India Minority and Dalit Front, who is also Punjab's Information and Public Relations Minister, said a 20-member team, including seven office-bearers, headed by Mr Gurbax Singh Sanghera, had been nominated to run the North American branch. The other office-bearers are: Mr Karnail Singh Garib, Senior Vice-President; Mr Arwinder Singh Randhawa and Mr Gurdip Singh, Vice-President; Mr Balbir Singh Changera, general secretary; Mr Amarjit Singh Khera, secretary; and Mr Gurpal Singh Sidhu, treasurer.
Bail plea in kickback case rejected CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — The Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Bedi, today rejected the bail application moved by Sadhu Singh and K.K. Silgohtra, Executive Engineer and a former Junior Engineer with the Chandigarh Administration, respectively. They, in their application, had pleaded that there was no direct evidence against them in the ongoing kickbacks case. They had also claimed that they were not connected with placing of orders with suppliers. The two engineers had pleaded that their names did not figure in the FIR. Moreover, diaries were not admissible evidence as was held by the Supreme Court in the famous L.K. Advani case. Both of them were arrested by the Vigilance department on the charge of taking kickbacks from three alleged middlemen — Dinesh Sharma, Suresh Sharma and Sunil Kalia. After their police remand, they were remanded in judicial custody. The sessions judge
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Admn assailed on SSP posting CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — The local unit of Shiromani Akali Dal had condemned the Chandigarh Administration for reverting the post of SSP (City) to the UT cadre. This is despite the fact that the post had been officially transferred to Punjab. Since 1991 the post had
been held by Punjab cadre officials who fought against
terrorism. The decision of the Administration to post a
UT cadre officer as SSP (City) violated the 60:40 ratio
for employment between Punjab and Haryana officials, the
SAD said in a press note. Claim refuted CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — The Photographic Society of Chandigarh today refuted the claim of a local photographer that he was the only local artist whose work was available on the Internet. A press note issued here claimed that photographs taken by the members of the society had been available on the Internet since April. The photographs were available in the India Photographs Gallery"— http://www.seekindia.com/photos.htm — the press note added.
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Swarn Shatabdi to halt at Ambala CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — The Swarn Shatabdi — an improved version of the existing Shatabadi — running between New Delhi and Amritsar will now halt for 2 minutes at Ambala cantonment. The halt will be operational from October 2, the railway authorities at Ambala said. The train (No 2029) on its
run from New Delhi to Amritsar will arrive at Ambala at
8.56 a.m. and depart at 8.58 a.m. On its return journey
the train (No 2030) will arrive at Ambala at 8.18 p.m.
and leave at 8.20 p.m. Zoo entry free in wildlife week CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — The gates of Chhat Bir Zoo, near Chandigarh, will remain open free to visitors from October 1 to 7 to celebrate World Wildlife Week. Giving this information to
The Tribune, the Director of the zoo, Dr Vinod Sharma,
said the zoo would remain closed on October 2 on the
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Transport workers stage dharna CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — Members of the Chandigarh Government Transport Workers' Union staged a dharna in front of the office of the Director, Transport, here today. The agitators were demanding the acceptance of their long-pending demands. Mr Jaswant Singh and Mr Jagdish Singh, president and general secretary of the union, respectively, said that despite many rounds of talks with the authorities nothing concrete had emerged. The assurances of senior officers of the Administration to fulfil their demands were yet to materialise. The pending demands include payment of overtime and travel allowance, payment of bonus before Divali, issue of uniforms to workers, replacement of condemned buses and payment of ex-gratia to the next of kin of the deceased employees.
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Stage
set for varsity teachers’ federation CHANDIGARH , Sept 28 —The Punjab University Teachers Association today announced the initiation of a process to establish an All-India Federation of University Teachers Associations . A letter signed by Dr Satya P. Gautam, president, Dr P.P.Arya, convener, and Dr K. Tankeshwar, co-convenor, has been dispatched to presidents and secretaries of teachers’ associations of universities all over the country . In the North-Western Region, a convention will be organised in Chandigarh on November 28 and 29. An All-India convention is planned to be organised on December 28 and 29 . "We understand that a vast majority of teachers in universities are extremely dissatisfied with the outcome of the recent struggle for the implementation of UGC-recommended pay scales. It is not for the first time that university teachers have been at a disadvantage in getting their legitimate demands conceded . Today university teachers are fully frustrated, suffering from the stigma of having fought a lost battle where we find our house put on fire by those colleagues whose interests are not exactly identical to ours ," the letter reads . In order to save
university education from a total collapse, an all-India
federation of teachers is the need of the hour, the
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Bandits
attack, rob two IOC officials PANCHKULA, Sept 29 — Two officers of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) returning from Dehra Dun in a car were attacked and robbed by a gang of bandits armed with lathis on the Panchkula — Naraingarh highway late last night. One of the victims, beaten severely, has been admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh, where his condition is said to be critical. The incident occurred near Matewala village which is between Ramgarh and Barwala. One of the victims, Mr S.S. Sharma, Manager, Operations, IOC, was critically injured and admitted to the PGI. The other officer, Mr Manish Grover, Deputy Manager, LPG, escaped with minor injuries. The two IOC officials were robbed of a gold chain, a gold ring and Rs 1500. They were returning from Dehra Dun after some private work. They were travelling in Mr Grover's car and it was around 11.30 p.m. when their car got punctured. The police suspect that the bandits had strewn the road with nails. As Mr Grover was changing the tyre, the assailants suspected to be seven in number, dressed in their undergarments and carrying torches, surrounded them. The IOC officials were then directed to handover cash and jewellery in their possession. When Mr Sharma objected to this, he was hit with a lathi on the back of his neck. Mr Grover, who was also assaulted, escaped with minor injuries. The car was then pushed aside by the assailants. After leaving an unconscious Mr Sharma on the roadside, the assailants used Mr Grover's shirt to tie his hands and left him inside the car. With great difficulty Mr Grover managed to untie himself and reached a nearby farmhouse to inform the police. Mr Sharma was shifted to the Panchkula hospital from where he was referred to the PGI. Mr Sharma's wife and a
daughter living in Sector 44, in Chandigarh, were
informed around 1 a.m. A son of Mr Sharma, who lives in
Delhi, was also informed and he rushed to Chandigarh. A case under sections 395 and 397 of Indian Penal Code was registered at the Chandimandir police station. However, no arrests have been made. The SP , Mr Alok Mittal, who reached the scene of the crime in the night, said the dress of the assailants alone was not enough to link them with the ‘Kale kacchewala’ gang. CHANDIGARH Industrialist booked: A leading local industrialist was booked by the police on Tuesday for allegedly cheating a Delhi resident. A case under Section 406 of the IPC that deals with criminal breach of trust was registered against A.S. Bindra of the Sector 34 based Hi-Tech Livestock Ltd, according to police sources. Bindra had allegedly kept an imported Toyota Land Cruiser jeep owned by Mr S.P. Bagla of Sarv Priya Vihar at his residence without paying for it. In July, Mr Bagla was interested in selling the vehicle and Bindra had approached him for the same. Bindra brought the vehicle from Delhi to Chandigarh by saying that he wanted to buy it but wanted to show it to his mechanic in Chandigarh. The vehicle was recovered from Bindra's residence by a team of the Economic Offences Wing of the police today, sources confirmed. Assaulted: A woman employee of the local Engineering department was allegedly assaulted by a resident of Sector 28 while she was on duty. Mrs Har Piari was allegedly attacked by Naveen Walia. The police has registered a case. Two killed: Two persons — both cyclists — were killed in separate road accidents in the city and neighbouring SAS Nagar in the past 24 hours. Mewa Singh alias Tony of Ropar district was hit by an unidentified truck near the Government High School, Maloya on Monday night. The cyclist was rushed to hospital but he died on the way. A case under sections 279, 337 and 304-A IPC has been registered. Meanwhile in Phase VII of SAS Nagar a cyclist, Raj Kumar was killed when he was hit by a scooterist. Car stolen: A Maruti van (CH-01-R-4207) owned by Mr Dilip Tandon of Sector 20, has been stolen from the Sector 17 parking. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered.
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Grace characterises Anuradha's dance CHANDIGARH: Last evening at Tagore Theatre witnessed a kathak performance by Anuradha Arora. Disciple of Shobha Koser, an exponent of the Jaipur gharana and a lecturer at Pracheen Kala Kendra, Anuradha has a strong stage presence. More than an hour-long presentation of her's could very well be divided into two sections. She commenced her programme with Saraswati vandhana. Next came sequences like "that", "uthan", "todas", and "parans". All these exhibited intricate footwork. The "ghungroos" in tandem with the tabla created a mesmerising effect. She concluded with the traditional "gat-nikas". The second section was full of "abhinaya", which seems to be Anuradha's strong point. She chose the mythological story of "Kalia Daman". This depicted the killing of the snake Kalia by Lord Krishna. She enacted this with expressive "bhavs" and "mudras". The session came to an end with a thumri — "Mujhe Chhero Na Nandlal". This she did with a lot of grace and poise. In such programmes, it should be checked the vocal and instrumental support is not too loud. When it is so, the sound of the "ghungroos", which is an indication of the artiste's rhythm, is drowned. The overall noisy effect mars the enjoyment of such events. The dancer was supported on the sitar by O.P. Gupta, flute by Vival, harmonium by Madan Sharma, tabla by Yogesh Sharma and Sanjay Sharma and vocal support was lent by Sumana Sanyal. This programme was organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in collaboration with Pracheen Kala Kendra. — Priti Verma
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Today's
MCC meeting may be stormy CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — With differences in the BJP coming to the fore over the expulsion of councillor, O.P. Goel from the party, tomorrow's monthly meeting of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh (MCC), is likely to stormy. Though the remaining matters of the last meeting are mostly on the agenda, the sudden suspension of the paid parking system by the BJP is likely to dominate the meeting. Various parties, including the Congress, and the SAD, had already flayed the party's decision to suspend paid parking, alleging that the decision in this regard should have been taken by the house of the civic body. In fact the decision of the party had also come in for severe criticism at the hands of BJP councillors at one of the meetings of the party following which Mr Goel was expelled, allegedly for misbehaving with the party president, Mr Dharam Pal Gupta. The "Goel affair" is also likely to echo in the meeting. Opposed: The Sweepers' Union has opposed the proposed privatisation move of the MCC in Sector 17. In a memorandum to the Mayor, the union warned that if the MCC went ahead with the privatisation move, the union would be compelled to launch an agitation.
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Sectional
officers' plea rejected CHANDIGARH, Sept 29 — The local Bench of the tribunal comprising Mr S.C. Vaish and Mr J.S. Dhaliwal today rejected the plea of the Union Territory Sectional Officers Union and five SDOs (Civil) working in the UT Engineering Department, challenging the tentative combined seniority list of Sectional Officers (both Civil and Mechanical). The Bench observed that the objection of the applicants against combining the seniority list of civil and mechanical disciplines could not be sustained. However, Rule 11 of Punjab Public Works Deptt. (B&R Branch) Sectional Officers (Engineering services) Class III Rules, 1969, led to the conclusion that all disciplines should be combined in the seniority list. We find that the respondents have combined only the civil and mechanical but left out the electrical discipline in seniority list. The Bench, considering the impugned seniority list as tentative, directed that the respondents would examine all the objections received and finalise the list. The applicants had come to the tribunal with the apprehension that their promotional chances would be affected as Sectional Officers (Mechanical) have been interpolated in their seniority list. This apprehension was not justified, the Bench said. It was observed that a plain reading of the Rule 11 showed that the seniority of Sectional Officers was to be maintained jointly irrespective of the discipline to which they belonged. However, in the promotion from Sectional Officers to Sub Divisional Engineers, there was protection for various disciplines, the Bench pointed out.
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