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Punjab nod to 14 family courts
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 22
The Punjab Cabinet today approved the creation of 14 posts of district judges along with supporting staff for setting up 14 family courts, besides giving a go-ahead to the recruitment of 110 judges for the Subordinate Judicial Services.

The written exam and evaluation for the recruitment of judges would be conducted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court while the entire exercise from inviting applications to interviews would be undertaken by the Punjab Public Services Commission, said a government spokesman.

The Cabinet also gave its permission to set up the Punjab State Commission for NRIs in Chandigarh. The facility will safeguard the interests of state’s NRIs besides recommending remedial measures to the state government.

An approval was given to the draft policy for 'premature release of life convicts' under Article 161 of the Constitution of India and Section 432, 433 and 433-A of the CrPC Act, 1973.

The Cabinet also accorded ex-post facto approval to open private veterinary colleges with the intake capacity of 60 seats subject to the fulfillment of the necessary prescribed conditions laid down by the Veterinary Council of India and Guru Angand Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. An approval to amend the Punjab Police Rules, 1934, that would enable the appointment of Sub-Inspectors directly up to 50 per cent of vacancies for the post, out of which 3 per cent of posts would be filled by outstanding sportspersons, was also given. Disabled employees will have a reservation of three per cent in promotions.

An approval to rescind the notification in pursuance of the provisions of the Section 3-A of the Punjab Tax on Entry of Goods into the Local Areas Act, 2000, to abolish the entry tax on imported sugar in the state, was also given.

The Resource Description Framework document will also be implemented to enhance the capacity building of the officers.

The Cabinet also gave an ex-post facto approval to the tripartite agreement entered on November 19, 2010 between the Punjab Government, the management of two successor companies of erstwhile PSEB - Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. (PSPCL), Punjab State Transmission Corporation Ltd. (PSTCL) - and all unions and associations of PSPCL and PSTCL represented by their office-bearers.