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Thursday, February 7, 2002,
Chandigarh, India  
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Haryana teachers oppose promotion
policy Teachers oppose political
interference in varsities Shifting of
judicial courts demanded Phone on demand in
four districts Woman raped
at pistol-point |
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DC suspends two employees Camp doctors accused
of negligence
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Haryana teachers oppose promotion
policy Kaithal, February 6 They said the Head Master high school promotion rule framed in ‘98 was arbitrary. The state government had framed one rule for Class 1 post and another for Class II posts. It had also framed two rules i.e middle school Head Master and master’s promotion rule and school lecturer promotion rule for Class III post. They pointed out that in the lecturer promotion rule, matric pass classical and vernacular (C&V) teachers were being grouped with BA/BSc/BCom pass masters. But in the middle school, the Head Master’s and master’s promotion rule, BA/B.Ed pass C and V JBT teachers were entitled for the post of masters on the basis of three years’ experience. Due to this policy, classical and vernacular teachers appointed on the basis of Sastri/Parbhakar/Giani and diploma in oriental training (OT) in district cadre in1988 had become Head Masters, but the masters who were appointed on the basis of BA/BSc/BCom and BEd degree in the state cadre from ‘72 to ‘74 had not been considered for promotion as Head Masters, which was great injustice. The future of approximately 24,000 masters had become bleak. The government has also violated the “Roster and Rider” system, they alleged. The state president said that their association had submitted a representation to the Director of Secondary of Education, and the Secretary Education Haryana, in this regard. It also demanded the regularisation of services of ad hoc teachers and appointment of teachers on contractual basis. Besides this, the association had demanded separate pay scales for the posts of Masters, different from those of classical and vernacular teacher. |
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Teachers oppose political
interference in varsities Chandigarh, February 6 A memorandum, presented by a delegation of the HFUCTO to the Governor, Babu Parmanand, who is also the Chancellor of the universities in Haryana, alleged that even the university Acts were being bypassed. “The participatory and democratic decision-making of university bodies is being further eroded either through not providing representation to elected teachers’ representatives, as in the case of GJU, or brazenly delaying and avoiding such elections as in KU and MDU”, stated the memorandum. The delegation, which comprised representatives of the AIFUCTO, the MDU Teachers Association, the Haryana Government College Teachers Association and Kurukshetra University Teachers Association, also criticised a recent meeting of the Vice Chancellors of universities in Haryana where the VCs allegedly tried to legitimise arbitrary government interference in academic matters. “Fatwas” by the government
on matters relating to the size of the class, tutorial groups, number of minimum students for optional papers, combination of subjects, duration of classes, teaching methods and workload norms should stop, stated the memorandum. The memorandum also expressed serious concern at “retrograde” amendments relating to university Acts passed five years ago by the Haryana Assembly. It alleged that these amendments led to the subjugation of universities to the immediate political interest of the state and control by the government through the usurping of rights and powers regarding finances, appointment of key functionaries and other decision making that legitimately fell under the jurisdiction of university bodies. The memorandum also pointed out that the ruling INLD, which was in the Opposition at that time, had walked out of the state assembly in protest against these amendments. The HFUCTO also drew the Governor’s attention to complications being created regarding the pay fixation of teachers and “gross injustice” being done to teachers under promotion schemes. These problems could be sorted out by simply following the UGC guidelines, the memorandum stated. A copy of the memorandum was also submitted at the office of the Chief Minister. |
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Shifting of
judicial courts demanded Ambala, February 6 The president of the association, Mr Kamal Jassi, in a letter addressed to the Ambala Cantt MLA, Mr Anil Vij, said this issue should be taken up with the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala. Mr Jassi said the judicial courts of Ambala were temporarily shifted to Sessions Court complex, Ambala City, as the judicial courts records were set ablaze during the anti-reservation agitation. “The people of Ambala Cantt are regularly demanding the shifting back of the courts to Ambala Cantt. The Ambala Cantt subdivision banao samiti, headed by Mr Om Prakash Malik, has been peacefully struggling for bringing back the judicial courts to Ambala Cantt in a suitable building,” he said. He stated that the then Deputy Commissioner, Ms Navraj Sandhu, the then District and Sessions Judge, Mr Surinder Singh, and representatives of the association had approved a site about 5100 sq yards situated in the vicinity of the Subdivision Education Office and the District Industry Centre, Ambala Cantt. A site plan for housing six courts had been prepared by the PWD authorities, he said. |
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Phone on demand in
four districts Panipat, February 6 Addressing a press conference here yesterday, Mr Kataria said the BSNL proposed to start the mobile service on August 15. Listing the new facilities for the subscribers, he said an integrated call centre having the facility of changed inquiry number announcement, billing and complaints would be in place by March 2002. The new telephone directory would also be released this month, he said, adding that the waiting list for Karnal city had been cleared. |
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Woman raped
at pistol-point Fatehabad, February 6 According to police sources, a married woman of the village lodged a report with the police alleging that Ram Kishan of the same village came to her residence last
evening when her husband was away. The accused allegedly raped her at gun-point and threatened her with dire consequences in case she tried to raise the alarm. By that time her husband also reached there but the accused escaped by showing pistol to her husband. |
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DC suspends two employees Sirsa, February 6 He also inspected roadways buses plying on different routes after receiving complaints of irregularities committed by conductors. Yesterday, General Manager, Haryana Roadways, had caught a fake conductor in a roadways bus on the Sirsa-Sangria route. |
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Camp doctors accused
of negligence Sirsa, February 6 The Civil Surgeon, Sirsa, Dr S.K. Batta, admitted that some complaints had been received but denied they were related to infection. He said some women complained of allergy due to disinfecting medicine used during investigation. He added that a team of doctors had been sent to the complainants and no serious ailment was discovered. |
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Maxi-cab
permits Chandigarh, February 6 |
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Congress public meeting on Feb 15 Chandigarh, February 6 Sirsa, February 6
Ambala, February 6 According to the chairman of the council, after getting the computer report, residents would be informed about the concessions granted to them.
The people were demanding that the sub-committee disclose its decision on the spot about the objections filed by them. Ambala, February 6 The bureau officials, on the complaint of Mr Ravinder Singh, had raided the office and recovered Rs 500 from the possession of the clerk. It had allegedly been paid to him by the complainant for issuing him a duplicate driving licence. Ambala, February 6 |
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